GialloDiPerugia pt1

This is a first, early draft at an attempt to present visually / geographically the events of 1
November 2007 in Perugia. Since the victim has no means to reply to any scenario presented
herein, and the repeated use of her name in this context would only further hurt anyone close
to her, I refer to her simply as “the victim”. This is not meant by any means to trivialise the
pain and suffering, and butal senseless murder she experienced, nor to reduce her memory.
As we become aware of more and more information concerning the Giallo di Perugia, - and,
filtering out as best we can rumours and unfounded data – we see an ongoing cynicism
amongst those who may have some sort of involvement with the crime.
At times in this presentation, my own response to this affront to my/our intelligence is to
employ cynicism in return. Any double-entendres, or visual twists in this document are not
meant to obtain a laugh about a terrible set of crimes (including sexual assault, murder,
desecration of a corpse, conspiracy to coverup a murder, possibly petty theft as well), but
rather as a way of coping with the cynicism of those involved in each of those crimes or with
knowledge about them.
The situations reconstructed here are with ideas or event relationships which are not of my
own. I have rather served as a graphic scribe of the excellent multi-point-of-view, multi-
timezone, and multi-cultural discussion resulting from Steve Huff’s True Crime Weblog on this
tragedy: http://www.truecrimeweblog.com/. I hope I haven’t abridged too much or left out key
elements, in any case, there’s always time for a new release.
That was Meryl Streep on the cover slide, in the movie “A French Lieutenant’s Woman”. In the
book by John Fowles (better than the movie) there are 3 forks / endings to the story. In the
Giallo di Perugia, as we go through the scenarios of what may have happened from an initial
mid-October situation, I can only hope that there will be one single ending, that justice is
served to those responsible for each of the crimes which may be determined by the ILE. I am
buoyed by the fact that the victim’s family has expressed confidence in the Italian justice
system.
- Kermit email: krmt123@gmail.com
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Key to abbreviations: AK = Amanda Knox (red line), RS = Raffaele Sollecito (green line), PL =
Patrick Lumumba (brown line), RHG = Rudy Guede (black line), SP = Sophie Purton (blue line).
Two weeks to disaster
If we don’t get into MySpace and Facebook emotional state analyses, or study the impact of AK’s parents’ divorce, RS’s
mother passing away or RHG’s second generation immigrant issues (which should be looked at by those who know how –
but which at the same time don’t set the three main suspects apart from many other members of society), we can probably
set a count-down-to-murder date at a couple of weeks before 1 November, when RS and AK met at “a classical music music
concert in the university”. 1 Annex 1 shows that it’s hard to identify the specific musical event. Annex 1- Music events
This is one of those characteristics of this crime which strikes me: the extremely short period of time for the AK/RS
relationship to develop, AK’s other contacts/relationships to develop (eg. with RHG), for her to alienate her housemates, for
her to “move in” with RS, and get to the dangerous social cocktail of the murder evening, in addition to the impossibly
incredible elements which have surfaced in different declarations, such as the victim cooking with RS and pricking her finger.
October – November 2007

Lunedì Martedì Mercoledì Giovedì Venerdì Sabato Domenica
Monday Tuesday Wed. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
More or less this is England-South Eurochocolate
when RS and AK Africa rugby match festival in Perugia
meet at a that RHG watched in ends (just a cultual
15 16 17 18 19
classical music pub,says20 he met
victim. Low level of
event – 21 no direct
relation to crime)
concert
1 credibility.
2 3
RS explains victim’s American would-be
DNA on knife: they killer Kevin Wade RHG discovered by
cooked together at his arrested in Florida police with knife,
22 23 24 house. 25 Had it
happened, would’ve
(name 26 used
by RHG in applying
sleeping
27
kindergarten.
in a
28
been around here. for asylum
4 inGermany) 5 6
Amanda has period Halloween Parties.
(RS’s boxer shorts, RHG with Spanish DISASTER
blood on bidet). No friends. Victim with
29 30
excuse to kill, but
she could claim it’s a
English 31
AK with RS.
friends. 1 2 3 4
hormonal factor on top
7
of her mental state. 8
Phases of the moon: 3: 11: 19: 26: Nov. 1:
Final Positioning (Nov. 1) This is Perugia, looking from East-North-East to West-South-West.
A wonderful ancient town which is hard to squeeze onto a
computer screen, with any meaningful detail. Most of the events
related to the final positioning of the characters of the Giallo di
Perugia in the afternoon of Nov. 1, 2007 will be reconstructed on
the canvas we see here, although at times we will pan to the left or
to the right.
Final Positioning (Nov. 1) 1 TIME: 13:00 h.
AK and victim are in their house together, she says they
ate together.
RS is probably already there as well.
Perugia November 1, 2007
It’s too cool to eat on the terrace/balcony, but from the

kitchen window you still enjoy the view of the lush ravine
below the house and the valley, hills and towns beyond.
Girls’ house
1
Sophie Purton arrives at Robyn Butterworth's flat in via
Bontempi 22.
Sophie lived in (or around) via Roscetto, on the east side of
the hill which dominates old Perugia. In the case of the girls
in the house in Via della Pergola, this hill makes the as-the-
bird-flies route from their house to uptown quite a climb.
After a 100 meters or so you
come to the Arco dei Gigli,
rebuilt in the Middle Ages on
earlier Etruscan foundations.
pi
m
Onward to the next covered passage, the
tower house at Via Bontempi 28 which
nte
belonged to the Canons of San Lorenzo,

RB SP and has a relief of the martyrdom of St
Bo
Laurence on its loggia. A similar relief

2
Via
appears on the lintel over the door to

number 22, Robyn’s place, where
Sophie’s walk ends.
Via Roscetto for me marks the transition from the quaint medieval town above to less attractive
areas below (to the east and north). (There are still plenty of historical sites and monuments around
here).
1 1
Via Roscetto
Final Positioning (Nov. 1)
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2 2
1 1
Victim arrives at Robyn Butterworth's flat after a 10 minute
walk, for a get-together of English friends. Being a national
... and from the gate in the street (barely visible holiday, and Perugia a university town, most Italian friends
here) look both ways for traffic (sidewalks are
would be back in their home-towns with family.
scarce in an ancient town adapted to modern
vehicles), and up the hill to Piazza Grimana. The victim could have gone the long, slightly flatter route by
Sophie’s flat, but in that case Sophie would have waited for
her … so let’s have her walk up the more scenic and
animated route through downtown, first to Piazza Grimana.
Everywhere in Perugia is uphill from the girls’ house, right from the
door to their house. First of all is the ramp from their parking area to
the street above ...
RB SP
2
3
1
holiday, and Perugia a university town, most Italian friends
Let’s go through the Arch and straight up
Via Ulisse Rocchi. There are two other The victim could have gone the long, slightly flatter route by
possible routes off to the left, up the
similarly steep Via Bartolo, or the even Sophie’s flat, but in that case Sophie would have waited for
steeper stone stairs of Via del Prome. her … so let’s have her walk up the more scenic and
Across the basketball court, and through the Etruscan Arch
RB SP
2
3
In this snap you can

actually see someone
shooting baskets in
Piazza Grimana
The victim could have gone the long, slightly flatter route by
RB SP
2
3
Walking through the Etruscan Arch, we As we get to the top end of Via Ulisse
keep going up Via Ulisse Rocchi. There Rocchi, the street turns into a covered
are lots of streets, alleys, and little plazas passage way and is so narrow that cars
to the right and left as we ascend can’t go through. Let’s stop and look back.
Via Ulisse Rocchi ends behind S.Lorenzo cathedral.
From there you cut across the plaza, by the cafés and
enter Via Bontempi, soon arriving at number 22.
RB SP
2
3
1
Via Ulisse Rocchi ends behind S.Lorenzo cathedral.
From there you cut across the plaza, by the cafés and
enter Via Bontempi, soon arriving at number 22.
RB SP
2
3
1
Final Positioning (Nov. 1) 4 TIME: until about 17:00 h.
RS and AK are at the girls' house. They smoke "one" joint.
This is from RS's initial declaration to investigating Judge
Matteini. I have assigned the cut-off time, in order to fit in
with the next events.
It may have been one or several, but I think that not since the
movie “Reefer Madness” has marijuana been blamed for such
violence and permanent memory loss immediately following use
by young persons. Sorry to quote Wikipedia: “Reefer Madness is a
1936 propaganda film revolving around the tragic events that follow when
high school students are lured by pushers to try ‘marihuana’: a hit and run
accident, manslaughter, suicide, rape, and descent into
madness all ensue .... The film was intended to be
shown to parents as a morality tale attempting to teach
RB SP them about the dangers of cannabis use .... The film
never gained an audience until it was rediscovered in
2 the 1970s and gained new life as a piece of uninten-
3 tional comedy among cannabis smokers. Today, it
is in the public domain in the United States and is
considered a cult film. It inspired a musical satire,
which premiered off-broadway in 2001, and a
Showtime film, Reefer Madness, based on the
musical. ‘Reefer Madness’ is the
1 4 best example of propaganda that
was used to give false information to
the public on the effects of
marijuana.”
I’m sure hash or marijuana use contributed to the Giallo de
Perugia, but either other, harder drugs – like crack – and/or
other elements like criminal intent and conspiratorial
coordination are bigger issues that need to be examined.
AK and RS leave the girls’ house.
In AK's first declaration to police, she said she and RS left
at 17:00 h, going to RS's place, where they spent the rest of
the night together. For the sake of argument, let's accept
her departure time, but reject her affirming where they went
(going to his place and not leaving until the next morning),
given other data we’ll see further along.
RB SP
2
3
5
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Final Positioning (Nov. 1) 6 TIME: 17:00 h. – 17:45 h.
Scenic tour stated by RS, as they wander around
The Domus
discotheque, where a downtown before going to his place (contrasts with AK
wide range of clients saying they went directly to his place – also time
show up – including
suspected murderers difference). If anyone has a problem with the wandering
dancing off the buzz of
killing - is just off
around, just have AK and RS go directly to his place, it's
Piazza Morlacchi. not key for the moment (unless, for example, if it turns out
they were going downtown to buy certain drugs).
In RS's modified declaration to
investigators, he said that at 18:00, he
and AK leave the girls' house and go
downtown, passing through Piazza
Grimana, Piazza Morlacchi, the main
Piazza Grimana – fountain and Corso Vannucci. Let's
RB SP
basketball court and
hangout for Foreigners’
say for the purpose of this timeline
2 University students and that the time difference concerning
other foreigners
3 their departure from the house
compared to AK (who said 17h.) is
6due to drug confusion.
5
1 4
Final Positioning (Nov. 1) 6 TIME: 17:00 h. – 17:45 h. (continued)
Scenic tour stated by RS, as they wander around downtown.
According to RS they I don’t know if the
went on to the fountain. Domus was already
open at that time – I
don’t think there is any
other reason they
would have gone to
Piazza Morlacchi.
And down the Corso Maybe RHG or friends
Vannucci before turning had a sales point there.
around. entrance to Domus ==>
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3 3
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Final Positioning (Nov. 1) 6 TIME: 17:00 h. – 17:45 h. (continued)
Scenic tour stated by RS, as they wander around downtown.
They head for RS’s place. There may be a reason for them to pass through Piazza Grimana
again, but for the moment we don’t have any further route information. Therefore, I’ll end their
scenic route with my own scenic ending: that they follow Via dell’Acquedutto, an official
pedestrian city street which utilises the old Roman aquaduct. It’s a panoramic short-cut. (It
goes behind the University for Foreigners, the building in the upper-right in the first photo.)
Aquaduct Street turns into Via del

Fagiano in the last, uphill stretch. One
last look back before arriving at RS’s.
RB SP RB SP
2 2
3 3
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5 5
1 4 1 4
Polish student sees AK and RS in the vicinity of
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RS's house. This is the first of two sightings by the
Polish student of AK that evening (only one of RS).
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Question no. 1 for Polish student:

Which RS did you see?
RB SP
2 Question no. 2 for Polish student:

3 Which AK did you see?
6
5
1
There’s 4 I think the Polish
no joking.
student has some key testimony,
about this sighting, and about the
later encounter with AK.
Victim, Sophie Purton and Robyn Butterworth have pizza, ice
Pol
cream and coffee at Robyn's flat. Water, no alcohol. Later
toxicology tests prove that the victim only had traces of caffeine
in her blood, no alcohol or drugs. 7
I found three flats for rent for Foreigners’ University students
in Via Bontempi 22. Below, a single room. Above right, 3
bedroom flat, and below right another 3 bedroom flat free
from December 7. I believe that Robyn shared housing with
some of the other four girls who will return to Perugia with
her and Sophie. Maybe one of the two flats on the right is
where they had their get-together. It’s spartan student
housing, but warmed by the friendship and pizza.
RB SP
2
3
8
6
5
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The three English girls watch a movie until about 21:00 h.
Pol
The DVD was "The Notebook" (123 minutes)
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RB SP
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3
8
6
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PL sends cellphone short message (SMS) to AK.. He
Pol
later deletes this message.
7
SMS to AK
10
RB SP
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3
8
6
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1 4
I think there’s scheming going on at RS’s place:
Pol
RS says in initial declaration to Judge Matteini that
between 20:30 and 21:00 h he and AK returned from 11
7
downtown to his place.
MAYBE: in addition to lying about being together all
evening, they did return together to his place, but earlier,
and arranged the evening from there. This is what Judge
Matteini suggests in her initial report. Afterwards, AK may
10 have gone on to Piazza Grimana alone or accompanied
by RS. In the former case (AK leaves RS at home alone),
maybe it was AK - not RS - who after just two weeks of
relationship was "bored with the same old evenings“ ...
RB SP
2
3
8
6
9 5
1 4
To the soundtrack of “Jaws”, RHG surfaces in the area of
Pol
the cottage, although declaring a FALSE trail, that he
arrived at the girls’ house as prearranged with the 11
victim.
7
FALSE trail!! RHG says he arrives on time for his date at
via della Pergola 7, and victim arrives 10 minutes later.
He declares they go inside and hug (did he bring her a
bouquet of flowers?). However, in reality she is still at
Robyn’s flat. Since he is the only suspect who
10 consistently has admitted being on the scene of the crime
(AK sometimes is, sometimes isn't), we can assume he
was in the vicinity from 20:30 onwards. Therefore, lets
leave him shooting baskets in Piazza Grimana.
RB SP games for foreigners in Piazza Grimana.
Informal basketball
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3
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8
6
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AK replies to PL's SMS, sending in Italian: "See you later“.
Pol
11
13 7
SMS to PL
“See you later”
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8
6
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1 4
Final Positioning (Nov. 1) 14 TIME: 20:36 h. (estimated)
According to AK's "confession", she left RS in his house,
Pol
going to Piazza Grimana, where she declared she met PL
(and / or RHG??? RHG by his own admission was11 in the
vicinity at this time, and by his own admission was13
in the 7
house when the murder took place). 14
This is perhaps the KEY POINT, especially for

RS. Did he stay at home (only getting involved in
10
the cover-up? In that case, it remains to be
analysed to what degree he was involved in the
coverup, and in particular WHY he initially
partookRBinSPthe cover-up, and WHY he continues
to partake in it, if teenage love and infatuation –
2
although he was 24 – explains his initial
3
participation in the cover-up. Maybe there are 12
other
8 elements of family/social pride or shame
involved like the use of heavier drugs – crack 6
more9 easily explains the sadistic violence than 5
hash / marijuana – or maybe if she wore his
1 4
underwear, he wore hers … that sort of stupid
thing for which he prefers to be in prison).
Or did he go with AK to the girls’ house, and join
the murder “party” during the course of the
evening?
PL's cell phone signal captured in area of girls' cottage.
Pol
No one believes PL was involved in the crime. However he
may have useful information about AK’s plans for 11 the
13have 7
evening (eg. “Come on over to smoke / to snort / to
an orgy”). Did he go to Piazza Grimana, returning 14 to the
pub by 21h?
10
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3
12
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6
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Final Positioning (Nov. 1) 16 TIME: 20:40 h. (approximately)
AK's and RS's mobile phones turned off.
Pol
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14
16
10
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3
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6
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Polish student sees AK a second time, leaving
Pol
RS's house alone.
They know each other, AK tells Polish student 11
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that RS has stayed in his house.
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16
17
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Carpark CCTV captures image of figure
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dressed like AK in entrance area of cottage.
I have a problem here: press reports refer to 11
13 7
CCTV images of AK wearing a "light coloured
skirt“. But why does RS refer to her in the 14
morning as not wearing jeans – which you
understand she was wearing the night before - 16
but rather a dress? 17
10
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3
12
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6
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Would the real CCTV images please stand up?

Final Positioning (Nov. 1)
Pol
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If PL has gone to rendez-vous with AK, then this is
about the latest time he has to arrive at Le Chic
pub (if he actually went to Piazza Grimana).
No reference. Based on Romano Mero entering Le
Chic at 21:00 h.
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19
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3
12
8 18
6
9 5
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Entrance to Le Chic on Via Alessi (brown door on right)

Romano Mero, Swiss professor, enters Le Chic
pub. He speaks with PL, who is behind the bar.
(New time, previously had said he was there from
20:00 h onwards, but he had a pizza at 20:30
before going to Le Chic)
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19
RB SP
Prof 20
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3
12
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Le Chic basement pub (I need a confirmation on this photo)

"The Notebook“ movie DVD has ended, the victim and
Sophie Purton leave Robyn Butterworth's flat.
It probably doesn’t change much, but by accompanying
Sophie, the victim follows the route around the bottom of
the hill, rather than going over the top and down the
slope.
These images relating to the route of her last walk make
me so sad, although she probably had a happy, lively
10 talk with her friend Sophie, enjoying the cool evening.
They walk out of number 22 Via
Bontempi (on left) with darkness falling ...
19
RB SP
Prof 20
2 15
3
12
8 18
21 6
9 ... and stroll through the ancient streets, 5
under the passageways and gates.
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Sophie and the victim part ways on via Roscetto,
Sophie returns to her own flat.
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19
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Prof 20
2 15
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Final Positioning (Nov. 1) 22 TIME: 21:05 h. (continued)
Sophie and the victim part ways on via Roscetto, Sophie
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returns to her own flat. The victim proceeds alone
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19 19
RB SP RB SP You turn a hard left at the corner of Via Roscetto and Via Pinturicchio. That’s the entrance to the
20 Prof 20 Santa Maria Nuova church. Via Pinturicchio isn’t especially attractive. Not much of a sidewalk at this
2 2 15 15
point.
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8 8 18 18
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From lower Via Pinturicchio, the best illuminated 11
13 7
and most transitted route (ie. people and cars) is
to follow the street all the way to Piazza 14
Grimana / Piazza Fortebraccio (two names for
the same plaza), and from there down the 16
slopes to her house. If AK and/or RHG and/or 17
10 RS were still there, she would have seen them,
and they may have all gone together.
19
RB SP
20
2 15
You can see the Foreigners University at
3 the end of Via Pinturicchio
12
8 18
21 6
9 5
1 4
22 SP
Pol
Another route is the dimly lit shortcut through via 11
13 7
del Melo and the alley which takes you to the
metal stairs into the carpark. If RHG was not in 14
Piazza Grimana but instead liked to lurk around
here, the victim would have crossed paths with 16
him. Certainly a possibility, especially since I am 17
10 convinced that RHG later ran away following this
route.
19
RB SP
20
2 15
3
12
8 18
21 6
9 5This shortcut through to the carpark could
be a little risky in the dark.
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22 SP
The victim arrives at her house, via della Pergola
Pol
7, accompanied, to be received or to be cornered.
If the victim didn’t run into them in Piazza 11
13 7
Grimana (or, alternatively, only into RHG in the
alleys around the carpark), the "gang" may 14
already be there to receive her.
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Final Positioning (Nov. 1) 24 TIME: 21:00 h. – 23:00 h.
Time of death as calculated by the pathologists.
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All of this Final Positioning gives
way to three scenarios which have 11
13 7
some likelihood of being possible
(from my point of view): 14
1) AK and RHG in house at time of
murder (this seems to me to be the 16
most probable scenario at the 17
10 moment). Either RS shows up later
after the sexual assault and murder
of the victim, or he doesn’t appear
on scene until the next morning.
19 2) AK, RHG and RS in house at
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20 time of murder.
23) RHG in house at time of assault 15
3and murder (which would coincide
12
with the victim arriving at her
8house). AK in the vicinity, shows up 18
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9to to encounter RHG in a mess. 5
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Two Weeks to Disaster - Referenced Timeline To return to presentation, click on corresponding n
No. Date Time Reference Observations
c. Oct. 19 p.m. RS and AK meet at classical music concert Also RS refers to this in a letter from prison to his father
1 http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=219510
Oct. 20 p.m. RHG claims to meet and flirt with victim in pub during England- This is from RHG’s prison “diary” – of quite low level of
South Africa rugby championship credibility. Second last paragraph. The victim’s friends
2 http deny she ever met him.
://www.repubblica.it/2007/11/sezioni/cronaca/perugia-uccisa5/mez-amanda/mez-amanda.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7052822.stm
Oct. 21 Perugia Eurochocolate cultural events Not directly related to crime, but part of lively, student
3 http://www.bellaumbria.net/Perugia/eurochocolate_eng.htm atmosphere in Perugia
Oct. 25 some RS claims that while cooking together with victim some day Would have had to have occurred around this date. In
even- before the crime she could have pricked herself with DNA knife RS prison diary entry of Nov. 18 he gives his “we were
4 ing cooking together” story. Not even his father gives
http://qn.quotidiano.net/cronaca/2007/12/08/53233-amanda_meredith.shtml
credibility to that
Oct. 26 USA Would be sexual killer Kevin Wade arrested in Florida. Name Probably just one of those strange coincidences, like
day used by RHG when applying for asylum in Germany the SMS saying “Meredith will die tonight or tomorrow”
5 http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/oct/27/police-pinellas-necrophilia-plot-thwarted/?news-breaking
Oct. 27 night RHG arrested in kindergarten with knife Kindergarten arrest with knife reference at end of article
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2913150.ece?token=null&offset=12
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c. Oct. 30 AK has period Last sentence of article about buying replacement
7 underwear. I really don’t believe it, but given USA legal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/23/wmeredith123.xml
defences based on PMS. Sorry for wikipedia, but:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMS. “sufficient severity to
interfere with some aspects of life”, symptoms “may
continue even after flow has begun”.Dangerous
version:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premenstrual_dysphoric_disorder
Oct. 31 night Rudy says they were together at Halloween party, exchanged a He says he was with victim at Spanish friends’ place.
8 kiss and set a date for Nov. 1 evening at her place. Judge tells him he’s contradictory and not believable.
http://www.repubblica.it/2007/11/sezioni/cronaca/perugia-uccisa5/mez-amanda/mez-amanda.html
Her friends place her at their place, and the Merlin and
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news Domus discotheques. Ref: http://www.ilmessaggero.it/
/2007/12/16/wmeredith116.xml articolo.php?id=15526&sez=HOME_INITALIA
Final Positioning (Nov. 1) - Referenced Timeline To return to presentation, click on corresponding n
No. Time Reference Observations
1 13:00 AK and victim are in their house together, she says they ate together.
RS is probably there as well.
AK's prison interview: "I had lunch with her (the victim) in our
house on November 1. We told each other how we had spent
http the night of Halloween. I was with Raffaele, she had gone to
the disco with a group of English friends. I recall that she said
://www.repubblica.it/2007/11/sezioni/cronaca/perugia-uccisa5/parla-amanda/parla-amanda.html
http://download.repubblica.it/pdf/2007/ordinanza_perugia_meredith.pdf that they had a lot of fun." Also, from her initial declarations to
police, AK says she was at home with RS in the early afternoon
of Nov. 1.
2 15:30 Sophie Purton arrives at Robyn Butterworth's flat in via Bontempi 22 Sophie lived in (or around) via Roscetto, on the east side of the
hill which dominates old Perugia, and which makes the as-the-
http
bird-flies route from the girls’ house quite a climb.
://www.corriere.it/cronache/07_novembre_13/docente_patrick_perugia.shtml
3 16:00 Victim arrives at Robyn Butterworth's flat It was a get-together of English friends. Being a national
http://www.corriere.it/cronache/07_novembre_13/docente_patrick_perugia.shtml
4 Until
about
RS and AK at girls' house. Smoke "one" joint.
http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=219510
RS's initial declaration to investigating Judge Matteini. I have
assigned the cut-off time, in order to fit in with the next events.
17:00
5 17:00 AK and RS leave the girls’ house.

http://download.repubblica.it/pdf/2007/ordinanza_perugia_meredith.pdf
In AK's first declaration to police, she said she and RS left at
17:00 h, going to RS's place, where they spent the rest of the
night together. For the sake of argument, let's accept her
departure time, but reject her affirming that they didn't leave his
place until the next morning, given other data below.
6 17:00
until
Scenic tour stated by RS, as they wander around downtown before
going to his place (contrasts with AK saying they went directly to his
In RS's modified declaration to investigators, he said that at
18:00, he and AK leave the girls' house and go downtown,
17:45 place – also time difference, see observation to right). If anyone has a passing through Piazza Grimana, Piazza Morlacchi, the main
problem with the wandering around, just have AK and RS go directly to fountain and Corso Vannucci. Let's say for the purpose of this
his place, it's not key for the moment (unless, for example, if it turns out timeline that the time difference concerning their departure
they were going downtown to buy certain drugs). from the house compared to AK (who said 17h.) is due to drug
http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=219510 confusion.
7 17:45 Polish student sees AK and RS in the vicinity of RS's house First of two sightings by the Polish student of AK that evening.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22813948-401,00.html
8 18:00 Victim, Sophie Purton and Robyn Butterworth have pizza, ice cream
and coffee at Robyn's flat. Water, no alcohol.
Later toxicology tests prove that the victim only had traces of
caffeine in her blood, no alcohol or drugs.
https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.
ece
18:40 The three English girls watch a movie until about 21:00 h. The DVD was "The Notebook" (123 minutes)
9 https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0332280/
20:18 PL sends cellphone short message (SMS) to AK. Later he deletes this message.
10 https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece
20:30 Scheming is going on at RS’s place. RS says in initial declaration to MAYBE: in addition to lying about being together all evening,
11 Judge Matteini that between 20:30 and 21:00 h he and AK returned from they did return together to his place, but earlier, and arranged
downtown to his place. the evening from there. This is what Judge Matteini suggests
http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=219510 in her initial report. Afterwards, AK may have gone on to
http://download.repubblica.it/pdf/2007/ordinanza_perugia_meredith.pdf Piazza Grimana alone or accompanied by RS. In the former
case (AK leaves RS at home alone), maybe it was AK - not
RS - who after just two weeks of relationship was "bored with
the same old evenings".
20:30 To the soundtrack of “Jaws”, RHG surfacees in the area of the cottage, FALSE trail!! RHG says he arrives on time for his date at via
12 although declaring a FALSE trail, that he arrived at the girls’ house as della Pergola 7, and victim arrives 10 minutes later. He
prearranged with the victim. declares they go inside and hug (did he bring her a bouquet of
flowers?). However, in reality she is still at Robyn’s flat. Since
http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/cronache/200711articoli/27892girata.asp
he is the only suspect who consistently has admitted being on
the scene of the crime (AK sometimes is, sometimes isn't),
we can assume he was in the vicinity from 20:30 onwards.
Therefore, lets leave him shooting baskets in Piazza Grimana.
13 20:35 AK replies to PL's SMS, sending in Italian: "See you later"

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20:36 According to AK's "confession", she left RS in his house, going to Piazza This is perhaps the KEY POINT, especially for RS. Did he
14 Esti-
mated
Grimana, where she declared she met PL (and / or RHG??? RHG by his
own admission was in the vicinity at this time, and by his own admission
stay at home (only getting involved in the cover-up? In that
case, it remains to be analysed to what degree he was
was in the house when the murder took place). involved in the coverup, and in particular WHY he initially
http partook in the cover-up, and WHY he continues to partake in
it, if teenage love and infatuation – although he was 24 –
://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/09/wkercher509.xml&page=1
http://download.repubblica.it/pdf/2007/ordinanza_perugia_meredith.pdf explains his initial participation in the cover-up. Maybe there
are other elements of family/social pride or shame involved
like the use of heavier drugs – crack much easily explains the
sadistic violence than hash / marijuana – or maybe if she
wore his underwear, he wore hers … that sort of stupid thing
for which he prefers to be in prison).
Or did he go with AK to the girls’ house, or join the murder

“party” during the course of the evening?
15 20:38 PL's cell phone signal captured in area of girls' cottage.

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece
No one believes PL was involved in the crime. However he
may have useful information about AK’s plans for the evening
(eg. “Come on over to smoke / to snort / to have an orgy”).
Did he go to Piazza Grimana, returning to the pub by 21h?
20:40 AK's and RS's mobile phones turned off
16 approx http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news
/2007/11/09/wkercher509.xml
20:40 Polish student sees AK a second time, leaving RS's house alone. They know each other, AK tells Polish student that RS has
17 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22813948-401,00.html stayed in his house.
20:43 Carpark CCTV captures image of figure dressed like AK in entrance area I have a problem here: press reports refer to CCTV images of
18 of cottage AK wearing a "light coloured skirt“. But why does RS refer to
https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece her in the morning as not wearing jeans – which you under-
stand she was wearing the night before - but rather a dress?
20:59 If PL has gone to rendez-vous with AK, then this is about the latest time No reference. Based on Romano Mero entering Le Chic at
19 he has to arrive at Le Chic pub (if he actually went to Piazza Grimana). 21:00 h.
21:00 Romano Mero, Swiss professor, enters Le Chic pub. He speaks with PL, who is behind the bar. (New time,
20 https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece previously had said he was there from 20:00 h onwards, but
he had a pizza at 20:30 before going to Le Chic)
http://www.corriere.it/cronache/07_novembre_13/
docente_patrick_perugia.shtml
21:00 "The Notebook“ movie DVD has ended, the victim and Sophie Purton It probably doesn’t change much, but by accompanying
21 leave Robyn Butterworth's flat. Sophie, the victim follows the route around the bottom of the
https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece hill, rather than going over the top and down the slope.
21:05 Sophie and the victim part ways on via Roscetto, Sophie returns to her From Via Roscetto, the best illuminated and most transitted
22 own flat. route (ie. people and cars) is to follow via Pinturicchio all the
https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece way the Piazza Grimana / Piazza Fortebraccio (two names for
the same plaza), and from there down the slopes to her
docente_patrick_perugia.shtml house. If AK and/or RHG and/or RS were still there, she
would have seen them, and they may have all gone to the
house together. Or, to paraphrase AK, “maybe not”.
Another route is the dimly lit shortcut through via del Melo and
the alley which takes you to the metal stairs into the carpark.
If RHG was not in Piazza Grimana but instead liked to lurk
around here, the victim would have crossed paths with him.
Certainly a possibility, especially since I am convinced that
RHG later ran away following this route.
23 21:15 The victim arrives at her house, via della Pergola 7, accompanied or to
be received.
If the victim didn’t run into them in Piazza Grimana (or,
alternatively, only into RHG in the alleys around the carpark),
https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece the "gang" may already be there to receive her.
docente_patrick_perugia.shtml
21:00 Time of death as calculated by the pathologists All of this Final Positioning gives way to three scenarios which
24 -- https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece have some likelihood of being possible:
23:00 1) AK and RHG in house at time of murder (this seems to me
to be the most probable scenario at the moment). Either RS
shows up later after the sexual assault and murder of the
victim, or he doesn’t appear on scene until the next morning.
2) AK, RHG and RS in house at time of murder.
3) RHG in house at time of assault and murder (which would
coincide with the victim arriving at her house). AK in the
vicinity, shows up to to encounter RHG in a mess.
Here are a number of classical music events in Perugia in October 2007. RS was quoted as saying it was at “the
university”. I couldn’t find one in either university around the 19th or 20th (these ones are either in churches or
municipal auditoriums). However, being a university town, it would not be surprising to find mid-month classical music
concerts on university premises. Or, RS was misstated, and he and AK met at one of the events below, or similar ones:
Sabato 6 ottobre alle 21 toccherà a Rosalba Petranizzi, mezzosoprano e Virgilio Bianconi basso-baritono che ci
proporranno una raccolta di brani mariani del XVII e XVIII secolo accompagnati ed intercalati dalle abili interpretazioni
di brani strumentali del maestro Eugenio Becchetti che è anche direttore artistico del festival.
13 OTTOBRE ore 21 – CASTEL DEL PIANO – SALONE FILARMONICA presso il salone parrocchiale di Castel del iano
Concerto per clarinetto e pianoforte
CHIARA PAROLO
RENATA BENVEGNU’
20 OTTOBRE ore 21 - MIGLIANO – CHIESA PARROCCHIALE

Concerto per quartetto di clarinetti
ANDREA CAMPORESE
SAURO ALICANTI
ANDREA VEREMONDI
GUIDO ARBONELLI
20 OTTOBRE
Palazzo dei Priori, Sala dei Notari, ore 21,00
PERUGIA INCONTRA... VIENNA
Sinfonia d'autunno con I Solisti di Perugia e Wolfgang Schultz (primo flauto dei Wiener Philharmoniker di Vienna)
Ingresso gratuito. Vedi news dell'evento.
20 OTTOBRE
Auditorium Marianum - ore 17.00
STAGIONE DI CONCERTI
Concerto d’organo - Musiche di J.S. Bach
Org.: Associazione Musicale “G. Frescobaldi” I-06123 – Perugia – Corso Cavour, 184 Tel. + 39 075 5736171 – Fax + 39
075 5724751 - www.diocesi.perugia.it - istitutofrescobaldi@libero.it
26 OTTOBRE
CORO DELL’UNIVERSITA’ Return to
DI PERUGIA - ore 20.00
Chiesa di Santa Caterina - Cappellania dell’Università presentation

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This is a first, early draft at an attempt to present visually / geographically the events of 1

October – November 2007

It’s too cool to eat on the terrace/balcony, but from the

belonged to the Canons of San Lorenzo,

Laurence on its loggia. A similar relief

appears on the lintel over the door to

In this snap you can

Aquaduct Street turns into Via del

Question no. 1 for Polish student:

2 Question no. 2 for Polish student:

This is perhaps the KEY POINT, especially for

Would the real CCTV images please stand up?

Entrance to Le Chic on Via Alessi (brown door on right)

Le Chic basement pub (I need a confirmation on this photo)

5 17:00 AK and RS leave the girls’ house.

13 20:35 AK replies to PL's SMS, sending in Italian: "See you later"

Or did he go with AK to the girls’ house, or join the murder

15 20:38 PL's cell phone signal captured in area of girls' cottage.

20 OTTOBRE ore 21 - MIGLIANO – CHIESA PARROCCHIALE

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