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FACETS OF MEZ HOMICIDE (2 of 3) -

The Meredith Kercher Murder in Perugia -

When reexamining the case, I have called into question some of the facile presumptions which are now accepted as established givens.

The motive is supposed to be sexual. But what other motives could have been involved?

One intriguing possibility: a twisted misperception resulting in a hate crime.

We've had a number of hate crimes in the US in which the victim was perceived to belong to a hated group by the perpetrator, even if he isn't in fact a member of that group. A victim may be perceived to be Japanese, although it turns out that he is actually Chinese.

In the case at hand, anti-semitism has been mentioned at least twice.

First, in Charles Mudede's article:

"The first time I met her, when I got the job here, she asked me if I was Jewish. I told her I was. She then screamed: 'My people killed your people,' and began laughing hysterically. I didn't know what to say. She just kept laughing about her Germans killing my Jews."

And it appears in an article by David Lohr:

*The video depicts a drunken Knox slurring and laughing, as she appears to be telling the cameraperson that she has only had one and a half shots of alcohol. The video also depicts a male friend in the background making an anti-Semitic comment.*

Could the murderer or murderers have perceived Meredith Kercher to be Jewish? And could she have been the victim of misdirected anti-semitism?

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