Did you see 48 Hours this weekend?
Several people have written to me and asked for my opinion about Bob Eckhart. Eckhart was tried for the murder of his wife, Toni, but was set free by the jury–a jury which said they believed he was guilty, but weren’t able to convict due to a lack of evidence.
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito’s murder trial for Meredith Kercher began today in a Perugia courtroom. New reports are saying that the media has descended upon the beautiful, picturesque town in droves to cover a trial that could last for up to a year.
I read the news and found some interesting tidbits. I never knew that Knox had been arrested before. Did you?
[BBC.com] Reporters descended on Amanda’s home city of Seattle in search of more details of her private life.
They discovered that the Washington University student had been arrested and fined in 2007 for her role in a drunken party that police were called to.
A picture began to be painted of a “party girl” who abused drink and drugs and had an active sex life.
The Guardian.co.uk displays a photo of Knox in the courtroom earlier today, and I find that photo as well as the one of Knox with Sollecito the day of Kercher’s body discovery fascinating.
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If you were facing trial for murder, for a murder you did not commit, and it was the first day you appeared in court as the world peered on with countless reporters all glaring at you, would you be relaxed and comfortable enough to smile casually? Knox’s face in this photo looks notably relaxed to me.
[Guardian.co.uk] A smiling Amanda Knox walked into a frescoed underground Italian courtroom this morning at the start of her trial for the murder of her British fellow-student Meredith Kercher.
Dressed in jeans, a grey, black and white striped top and grey hooded tracksuit jacket, she chatted in a seemingly relaxed way with her lawyers.
Is Knox that naive to believe she will walk free without a worry? Her character, her behavior and her actions to date certainly don’t support she is a person who is naive. She certainly didn’t live a sheltered existance — especially after spending a year in a foreign prison.
Why doesn’t she have an ounce of worry? Most innocent people in her shoes would be shaking in their boots, panicked, worried, or fearful of what the outcome will be. Is Knox arrogant enough to think she will get off without a hitch, is she that emotionally detached, or self-delusional? This photo begs us to ask why.
Also, the day that Meredith Kercher’s body was found, I found Knox’s behavior interesting as well. If you are completely innocent and uninvolved in the murder of your flatmate, wouldn’t you be rattled to the core that a murderer came within footsteps of where you co-habitated?
Wouldn’t you feel fear that this murderer is still lurking out there that morning when the body was found, and that they could still be watching you? Wouldn’t you fear that you could be the next victim?
Yet when we watch Knox and Sollecito kiss and interact that day, we see none of these emotions. It’s absolutely perplexing! They seem to have no fear, which is very abnormal. There seems to be no stress in their faces whatsoever. Did they know they didn’t have to worry?
Ever since I heard that Knox said that she was in the flat that night [my post November 9, 2007], and that she heard a scream, but was scared so she covered her ears, my alarm bells went off on high.
No one hears a blood curdling scream, and doesn’t know the source, but covers their ears. As humans, when we hear a threatening noise, albeit a scream, a loud bang or thud, we don’t just decide to cover our ears without knowing what is going on. Our natural, biological response is to investigate the noise. It’s a protective measure we all have within us, an instinct for survival, because that noise could ultimately be warning that we, too, are in danger.
We only cover our ears when we know what is going on, but don’t want to listen to the wretched noise before us. This statement shows that Amanda had some awareness of what was going on when Kercher screamed. To me, that is bone-chilling. I don’t think Knox lied about this bit of information. I suspect she was there and she did hear a scream, and perhaps she did cover her ears, but I believe she knew what was going on. It’s too strange of a lie to come up with if she wasn’t there or wasn’t in some way involved. She just changed the details, and those details give her away.
Do I think Knox killed Kercher? I have no clue, but I do see enough that makes me question that Knox has not been honest with us, and at a minimum she didn’t help a roommate who she knew was being violated in one form or another. Instead, it appears from what she says, she stood by and listened, and turned her cold back to a person in desperate need of help.
Curtis Vance, the suspect in the murder of Anne Pressly, spoke out to the media today.
Read My Thoughts HereHe says very little, but his behavior and words here are very telling.
Vance says that he did not kill Pressly, and that seeing Pressly’s family was “sad”.
Sad. Can you believe it?
He thinks he should feel sadness!
If you are wrongly accused, I can guarantee the first you emotion you are going to feel is not sadness for the victim or the victim’s family. If your life as you know it could be over because you are being wrongly accused of a murder you didn’t commit, you will, without a doubt, feel mad or violated that people have this all wrong. You will be frustrated that people aren’t seeing the truth for what it is. Sadness would be the furthest thing from your mind.
Clearly Vance’s emotions are abnormal and unusual, which is a big red flag.
Listen to what Vance says to the reporter. The reporter asks Vance, “What was it like seeing her parents there today and all of her friends and supporters?” Watch what Vance says. It’s mind-blowing.
He says “It was gooh…” Does he mean to say “good”? Notice he stops himself mid-thought and changes the course of what he is saying. He is thinking as he speaks. Look at his head shake, too, as this all occurs.
Does that give you the chills?
Does it make any sense?
I think it is pretty obvious Vance was about to say the word “good” which is supported by his affirmative head shake which then changes course as he changes his thoughts. This is a strong indicator that seeing Pressly’s family today for him was a positive experience.
Is that how you would feel if you were wrongly accused of killing some woman? Would it feel good to see her family as they glared at you with hatred and disgust? Of course not. But if you had some sick pervsion, it might.
A few words, one emotion, and changing thoughts are quite revealing, wouldn’t you say? It’s chilling.
I think everyone but Clint Horvatt saw this one coming. Horvatt’s smiles were impossible to miss. You can read the news here.
Reports are saying that Horvatt approached another man, William Dewey Foster, back in November in regards to murdering Smith and both men have now been arrested (Tuesday night). Today police are reporting that believe they found the murder weapon, Horvatt’s wallet and Smith’s purse on Foster’s property.
[From WOKV.com] “We’re being told that allegedly [Smith] was going to report [Horvatt] for doing something that might cause him to have issues with his children and the Department of Children and Families,” [Major Keith] Riddick said about a possible motive.
You can read my review of Clint Horvatt’s interview here.
I just find Horvatt’s smiles and positive emotions chilling at this supposed difficult time in his life. It doesn’t add up no matter how you slice it. I don’t see an ounce of sadness, loss, stress or difficulty on him whatsoever. I see glee, which is very disturbing.
To read my review of Horvatt’s first interview, click here.
I also found this video and I think what the Putman County Sheriff’s Major Gary Bowling said was very telling. He said:
What we’re trying to do here today is keep this in the public’s eye for another day or so, cause somebody saw something along state road 26. They either saw that vehicle, that red vehicle with the taillight missing and the bumper bent down, um dirty and junky looking, late 80s or maybe early 90s. Or, they may have seen Mr. Horvatt’s vehicle which is a late model, blue, Ford F150, and it has a wheelchair platform on the back…
We just want the public to know that the smallest thing they saw could be the biggest thing to us, and we really want some contact…
If the police believed there was a killer on the run, would they only give it another day or two? Also their plea to the public for anything even remotely small is quite informative too. I don’t think the police have missed this case at all. I suspect they are trying to build a very tight case before they arrest Horvatt.
