The tragic story of Meredith Kercher: who killed the student in Perugia?
19 august 2025 в 02:13
Meredith Kercher was a 21-year-old British student living in Perugia, Italy, until her life was brutally cut short in 2007. She was murdered and found dead in her Italian home, where she lived with her former roommate Amanda Knox. Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were wrongfully convicted of Kercher’s murder, sparking global media outrage against the then 20-year-old Knox. With the release of the Hulu series «The Disappearance of Amanda Knox», - many are still asking the same question: who killed Kercher?
Below are the details of the Kercher murder case.
Kercher was a student at the University of Leeds, studying European politics and Italian language. Reports say she wanted to work in the European Union or as a journalist in the future.
Before moving to Perugia, Kercher appeared in Christian Leonti’s music video «Some Say» in 2004. Students described Kercher as outgoing and caring.
Kercher and Knox were roommates in their Perugia home, and they seemed to have a friendly living relationship. They attended the EuroChocolate festival in October 2007, just a few weeks before Kercher’s murder, and together they went to a classical music concert. It was there that Knox met her boyfriend, Sollecito, who was 23 at the time.
Knox was charged and found guilty of murder, slander, staging a robbery, and sexual violence in Kercher’s murder. Prosecutors claimed that Knox attacked and killed Kercher, while Sollecito and then 20-year-old Rudy Guede sexually assaulted Kercher.
Guede was the only person definitively implicated in Kercher’s murder, while Knox and Sollecito were acquitted of their charges in 2011 and officially cleared of Kercher’s murder in 2015.
Guede was released from prison in 2021. However, in 2023, he was accused of sexual violence and violence by a former girlfriend, whose identity is not disclosed. They were dating while Guede was in prison and broke up in 2023 when she sued him.
As of August 2025, Guede is expected to stand trial in the fall, according to CNN.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual violence, please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1−800−656-HOPE (4673). A trained staff member will provide confidential, impartial support, as well as local resources to help with healing, recovery, and more
Below are the details of the Kercher murder case.
Kercher was a student at the University of Leeds, studying European politics and Italian language. Reports say she wanted to work in the European Union or as a journalist in the future.
Before moving to Perugia, Kercher appeared in Christian Leonti’s music video «Some Say» in 2004. Students described Kercher as outgoing and caring.
Kercher and Knox were roommates in their Perugia home, and they seemed to have a friendly living relationship. They attended the EuroChocolate festival in October 2007, just a few weeks before Kercher’s murder, and together they went to a classical music concert. It was there that Knox met her boyfriend, Sollecito, who was 23 at the time.
Knox was charged and found guilty of murder, slander, staging a robbery, and sexual violence in Kercher’s murder. Prosecutors claimed that Knox attacked and killed Kercher, while Sollecito and then 20-year-old Rudy Guede sexually assaulted Kercher.
Guede was the only person definitively implicated in Kercher’s murder, while Knox and Sollecito were acquitted of their charges in 2011 and officially cleared of Kercher’s murder in 2015.
Guede was released from prison in 2021. However, in 2023, he was accused of sexual violence and violence by a former girlfriend, whose identity is not disclosed. They were dating while Guede was in prison and broke up in 2023 when she sued him.
As of August 2025, Guede is expected to stand trial in the fall, according to CNN.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual violence, please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1−800−656-HOPE (4673). A trained staff member will provide confidential, impartial support, as well as local resources to help with healing, recovery, and more
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