3. Exit Patrick, Enter Rudy

During the investigations inside Meredith's room, the forensic police found a footprint: it belonged to a 21-year-old drifter originally from Ivory Coast who lives in Perugia. His name is Rudy Guede and he had been in Italy for five years. The police are hunting for him, but discover that he had left Italy immediately after the crime, and is now in Germany. With a trick and the help of Guede’s friend, the officers manage to arrest Rudy, who admits to having been in that house on the night of the crime. But his says that someone else had killed Meredith. Though he couldn’t identify her for sure, Guede says the killer was most likely Amanda Knox, Rudy, Amanda, and Raffaele will face justice in Perugia. The Ivorian defendant chooses a different judicial path: the fast-track procedure, which in Italy allows the defendant to obtain a reduced sentence and a shorter trial duration, waiving the trial phase in court. With a final sentence of 16 years in prison for Guede, the verdict includes the conclusion that others had actually carried out the murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices