Mez: THE UNSEEN DANGER -

Merdith Kercher Murder Case -

Ah, details, details, details... some say, the Devil is in the details. Details can be pesky and bothersome. There is such a detail in this story which has been bothering me for quite some time now.

Damian in Umbria has been graciously translating some material related to this case from Italian into English. I caught up with some of his latest postings recently and noticed that they contain that pesky detail. So, now is as good a time as any to delve into this matter.

Mignini is interrogating Amanda Knox --

Mignini: "You found the door open, blood in the bathroom and despite all this you had a shower? ... But there was blood and the door was open."

Good, but not 100% for me. I feel that a key detail has been left out of his order of events.

More like this: She found the front door open - then observed there was a closed door to one of the bedrooms - then observed blood in the bathroom. And then she took a shower anyway.

A woman would immediately surmise possible danger lurking behind that closed door. First, she sees the front door open, which means that an intruder could have entered. And then, upon noticing that one of the interior doors is closed, would realise that such an intruder could be hiding behind that closed door. I know that in such a situation, I would immediately leave and probably call the police. And, I should add, I'm not so sure that I would have entered my apartment to begin with if the front door was open when I arrived there.

There are two points in her narrative here at which I have a problem. The first point is where she supposedly ignored the open front door and then ignored a potential threat to her safety behind that closed door.

The second point is where she sees blood in the bathroom, but ignores it and blithely goes on to take a shower. If I saw blood on my bathmat like that, I would totally freak out.

These two points have zero credibility to me. Each of these two points puts a kibosh on the credibility of this narrative for me.

:: From Damian's Files perma ::

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