Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox Documentary ‘The Murder Of Meredith’ to Air on Prime Video
Amazon’s Prime Video has snapped up the UK and Ireland rights for The Murder of Meredith, a documentary that dives into the shocking 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
According to Deadline, the 90-minute doc will land on Amazon in November and aims to reframe the narrative around the tragic events of November 1, 2007, when the 21-year-old Kercher was brutally murdered in the Italian town of Perugia. At the time, Kercher’s life was overshadowed by American student Amanda Knox, her flatmate who was accused of her murder, along with Rudy Guede and Raffaele Sollecito.
A media frenzy took place at the time, with Knox becoming the driving subject of headlines. Knox, Guede, and Sollecito were originally found guilty of murder by the Italian courts. However, Knox and Sollecito later had their convictions overturned.
The Murder of Meredith will be told by those involved with the case, delving into the evidence, egos, and errors that left Kercher’s family with more questions than answers. It is produced and directed by Angie Cox, with Matthew Gordon and Koulla Anastasi of Woodcut Media serving as executive producers.
“Fifteen years on from one of the most talked about murders in modern history, we bring together the key people involved in the original investigation,” said Cox (via Deadline). “We also hear from Patrick Lumumba, who Amanda Knox falsely accused of the murder. At the heart of this are Meredith and her family. And with archive of family interviews and press conferences, we show how a family united in grief fought for the truth.”
Woodcut Media and distributor Abacus Media Rights hold the rights to the documentary elsewhere and will be selling the project in Cannes at Mipcom.
“It is a privilege to be on board this project presented to us by Woodcut Media and we are pleased to have secured this deal with Prime Video in the UK and Ireland for this Amazon exclusive,” said Jonathan Ford, Managing Director at Abacus Media Rights. It’s a true crime story that digs deep into the mysterious murder of this young student may years ago. This is a story that shocked the world with many questions still left unanswered.”
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Exactly. This case is solved: Rudy Guede alone, sexually assaulted and murdered Meredith Kercher after breaking into the cottage via a window. There is no evidence of Knox or Sollecito in the room where she was killed while multiple and varied forensic evidence places Guede there. Neither Knox nor Sollecito had a motive to kill Kercher while Guede did.
The scathing report by the Supreme Court that acquitted her and Sollecito put it best:
"An objectively wavering process, whose oscillations, however, are also the result of clamorous failures, or investigative “amnesia” and of culpable omissions of investigative activity. Had they been carried out these would, in all probability, have led to a picture if not of certainty, at least of tranquil reliability pointing either towards guilt or innocence of today’s accused. Such a scenario, intrinsically contradictory, constitutes in itself already a first and eloquent signal of an investigation that was never capable of reaching a conclusion beyond any reasonable doubt," and
"Certainly an unusual media clamour about the case...led to a sudden acceleration of the investigations, in the frantic search for one or more guilty people to placate international opinion, and certainly did not help lead to the real truth."
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"It’s a true crime story that digs deep into the mysterious murder of this young student may years ago. This is a story that shocked the world with many questions still left unanswered.” REALLY???!!! NO, NO, and NO!!!
There is no mystery and there are no unanswered questions relative to the brutal murder of Meredith Kercher. The evidence is there for all to see (including the Italian Supreme Court which ruled on it). Rudy Guede horrifically and solely murdered Ms Kercher. That is the beginning and end of this tragic story.
But just in case you were underground the past 16 years and don't know the details, Mr. Guede, with rent due and no cash, and thinking the four women living in the Perugia apartment were gone for the holiday weekend, broke ALONE into the apartment with the intent of stealing anything of value he could sell (his usual MO). He did not expect Ms Kercher to be there, she was, he panicked, and he killed her. Whatever else has been said about this case, those are the bottom line facts.
The release of documentary purporting to "reframe the narrative" is ludicrous. It's obvious someone is once once again trying to make a profit out of this case at the expense and pain of those innocently involved. Disgusting!!!
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Are the current idea people totally lacking in freshness? Recycling old, been done stories don't interest the average viewer. What's next, an in depth analysis of Jack the Ripper?
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