Amanda Knox Case Update: Meredith Kercher Death Ruled ‘Clearly Unnatural’ As Extradition Threat Looms? [VIDEO]
As she continues to maintain her innocence in the death of her one-time roommate, Amanda Knox has been dealt yet another new blow.
Amanda Knox "Will Never Willingly Go Back" To Italy Amid New Guilty Verdict
A British coroner closed a seven-year inquiry into the death of Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher, ruling that the latter had definitely been murdered, according to Epoch Times, .
"She died, the autopsy tells us, as a result of haemorraghic shock from stab and incised wounds to the vasculature of the neck. I do conclude that she was unlawfully killed," Dr. Roy Palmer said. "On the night of the first and second of November 2007 Meredith was found in her bedroom at a residence in Perugia, Italy. It was clearly an unnatural death."
Rafaelle Sollecito Defends Amanda Knox's Innocence?
Knox, 26, her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, and another man named Rudy Guede, were all arrested in connection to Kercher's death back in 2007. Guede was convicted of her murder and sentenced to a 16-year sentence, which he is currently serving. However, Knox and Sollecito have both pleaded innocence and after serving four-year sentences in an Italian prison, they were released in 2011 and Knox returned to the U.S.
However, earlier this year, during a retrial which focused on DNA evidence, an Italian court re-convicted Knox and Sollecito, sentencing Knox to a 28-year-sentence and Sollecito to 25 years.
At the time of her reconviction, Knox said she would never willingly go back to Italy and serve her sentence.
"I'm not prepared. I will never willingly go back," she said at the time. "I'm going to fight this until the very end."
Knox is currently still in the U.S., as Italy has not yet sought for her extradition back to the country. If the Italian courts request for Knox to be extradited back, the U.S. Supreme Court will still need to approve the request.
The autopsy results are only the latest blow Knox has been dealt since her January reconviction. Though she admitted she was worried about Sollecito at the time because he was still in Italy, he has since tried distancing his name from hers to help his own appeals case.
"There's nothing against me and nothing very strong against Amanda, and in my case I really did nothing wrong and I don't want to pay for someone else's peculiar behavior," he said back in February.
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