Questions for the pro AK camp:
So what is the consensus on Rudy's motive for breaking into 7 in the first place? Is it purely burglary or burglary and rape? Or is it burglary that just happens to lead to sexual assault that leads to murder? Or is it burglary that leads to murder with no intention of sexual assault?
Some reasons I find the break in theory hard to swallow:
- Most break in burglaries occur in the daytime when there is no chance of anyone being home because they are either at school or work. What makes Rudy think that no one is home? Even if he ascertains that by the lack of response after throwing the rock or simply knocking on the door, what makes him think that no one is going to walk in on him?
- Even if he is risking someone walking in on him, why risk it in place where the residents know him? He is breaking in at the riskiest time of someone walking in on him and the residents know him. Is this really something a burglar does, commit a crime during a time and place with where the risks of being caught and identified are least favorable to the burglar?
- The biggest factors where a burglar decides to break in are concealed entry point and easy getaway route. Why would RG break in in the most exposed are of the apartment, a window that faces the parking lot and a busy road with cars passing by? Suspecting he thought darkness gave him a bit more concealment, early evening is the busiest time of road traffic at night. I have to agree with Massei on this point.
- Why would you break in to the apartment in the most exposed area of the apartment and then assume that no one saw you? I mean, he was relaxed enough to take a poop in the bathroom, he must have felt some sense of security of not having been noticed, no? To take a poop, he must have thought he had no urgency to leave as soon as possible. Burglars want to limit their time in the house, no?
- If sexual assault was the motive, or afterthought, why commit on someone who knows you and can easily ID you, even if Rudy was wearing mask? He was a tall basketball player, Ivorian. Is a mask going to really hide his identity?
full disclosure: I am brand new to this forum, just read Honor Bound and parts of the Massei report and other websites and do not know the merits of this case as well as most on this forum. I came here because the case is utterly fascinating and needed to voice my own opinions and theories. I am leaning slightly toward some involvement/guilt of AK after initially believing otherwise. I am just trying to understand the arguments of both sides to make an informed opinion.
Hi and welcome!
I don't know as much about the case as most of the posters on this board either.
It was a Italian holiday, and Guede could reasonably assume no one would be home. In fact, of all the housemates up and down, only one was actually there that night. Guede could also assume that the rent money would be there for the taking, which it was. There was a great escape route if he was caught, right down the hillside in back of the cottage. The area under the window is very unexposed. The time risk of entry was very short. The street is not that busy.
Guede in his Skype call says "I was in the bathroom, in the bathroom maybe five minutes. So, I really had to take this ◊◊◊◊, but then I heard a scream, but let me tell you, a really loud scream, so loud that according to me, if anyone was passing by, nearby, they would have heard this scream, because she screamed so loud.."
I think Guede was in the bathroom because he really had to take this ◊◊◊◊.
I don't think sexual assault was the motive.
I have a basic question for you. As you know, Knox was scheduled to work that night, and Sollecito was supposed to help a relation. By shear coincidence, both obligations were canceled. At 9:15 ( I think), Knox and Sollecito finished watching Amelie, one of the sweetest movies every made.
I am sure you have watched interviews with Knox and Sollecito. There has been plenty of opportunity to observe their behavior. See Knox's return to the US for example. A few days before the murder, Knox went to a chocolate festival with her friend Merdith.
My question is, why would Knox and Sollecito , seemingly very nice, peaceful, and sane, on the spur of the moment decide to leave their happy home (if you get my drift), meet up with a virtual stranger, and murder their friend? Neither have a criminal record, or history of violence, or being out of control. How could it happen that this one time not one but two people essentially losing their minds, becoming outrageously violent, and slaughtering their friend.
Why? You speak of the odds of burglary, what are the odds of that happening?
Also, in terms of longshots, you might want to check out the odds of women using a knife to commit murder.
To me the crime makes no sense, and the prosecution's answer, "so what?", I find lacking in the extreme.
Again, welcome.
