PERUGIA — 2007 · Murder
The Meredith Kercher Case
Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British exchange student from the University of Leeds, was found dead in her room in Perugia on 2 November 2007. The investigation first focused on her flatmate and the flatmate's boyfriend, who were convicted in 2009. Bloody fingerprints at the scene, however, belonged to another man, who was convicted of the murder in a fast-track trial in 2008. After a long appeals process, Italy's Supreme Court definitively acquitted the flatmate and her boyfriend in March 2015, citing 'stunning flaws' in the investigation. The case became a byword for forensic controversy amid intense international media coverage.
- Date
- 2007
- Place
- Umbria, Italy, Perugia, IT
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 43.1140, 12.3880 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 2 November 2007Kercher was found dead at home.
- October 2008The man whose prints were found was convicted.
- December 2009The flatmate and her boyfriend were convicted.
- 27 March 2015The Supreme Court definitively acquitted them.
Sources
- CNN — Man convicted of Meredith Kercher's murder facing new trial cnn.com ↗
- CBS News — Italian court rejects grounds for new trial in Kercher murder cbsnews.com ↗
- CNN
- CBS News
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