Italian prosecutor Giuliano Mignini's statement that 'it just doesn't make sense' could sum up the entire investigation into the tragic murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher. The case is steeped in mystery and controversy, with inconsistent stories, inconclusive evidence, media bias, and shoddy police procedure.
The new TV series, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, stars Grace Van Patten as Knox, Sharon Horgan as her mother Edda Mellas, and Giuseppe De Domenico as Knox's former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. It covers the arrest, trial, conviction, and eventual exoneration of Knox and Sollecito for Kercher's murder.
The story is told from Knox's perspective, which means there is a certain amount of subjectivity baked in. However, a disclaimer in the credits states that while the story is 'inspired' by actual events, 'certain characters, characterisations, incidents, locations, and dialogue were fictionalised or imagined for purposes of dramatisation'.
According to Knox's account, she spent the night at Sollecito's home on the evening of 1 November 2007 and the next morning returned to her shared apartment alone, noticing a chip of blood on the sink and bloodstains on the bathmat. She left the flat and rang Kercher's phone, which went straight to voicemail.
Knox headed back to Sollecito's and the pair later returned together, discovering signs of a break-in. The door to Kercher's bedroom was locked; Sollecito called the Carabinieri after unsuccessfully trying to break down the door. While they waited outside, a pair of officers arrived on separate business: two phones, both belonging to Kercher, had been found discarded in the garden of a local woman.