[quote]What was the deal with the Italian bf, Raffaele whatever? Do we think he was guilty too, or did he just get swept up in the Amanda shenanigans?
There was enough evidence to make him a suspect.
There was a partial footprint made in blood on the bathmat in the larger of the two bathrooms at the house. It did not match Guede or Knox's feet, it matched the size and shape of Sollecito's feet.
Sollecito lied to police. Analysis of his Macbook proved that there was no human initiated activity after 09.10 p.m. on the night of the murder. But in every interview regarding his activities that night , he lied and said he was using his Macbook past that time. His story changed from interview to interview. He lied that he was writing emails to his professors, he lied that he was surfing the web from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
He said his father called him on his landline at 11p.m. - that was also a lie.
Sollecito claimed consistently that he and Knox were asleep together in his apartment the morning after the murder of Kercher, until 10 a.m. or later. In fact, one of them played an MP3 file on his Macbook at 5.30 a.m. And either Knox or Sollecito switched on his phone at 6 a.m. that morning.
A local store owner, Marco Quintavalle, testified that Amanda Knox was outside the store at 7:45 a.m. that morning. He saw her in the cleaning products aisle, but could not confirm whether she bought anything. He correctly described the clothing she was wearing that morning, before she changed to another outfit in the house, before she called the police to report the (staged) break-in.
Sollecito was a collector of knives, including types which were banned in Italy. A replica combat knife hung above his bed - the one he and Knox slept in. This apparently didn't disturb her. He also carried knives. He had a knife on him when he was first questioned at the Perugia police station, which the police impounded. He also carried a Delica4 Emerson Opener knife, which is marketed as the fastest opening blade on the market. It is reportedly not particularly unusual for Italian ex armed forces / gang bangers to carry such knives, but Sollecito is a middle-class boy who is into knives.
There were 22 blood traces in his apartment. He had no explanation for them. Some matched Knox's DNA, most his.
A minute trace of DNA that was not Sollecito's was found on a knife in his kitchen drawer. The knife showed physical signs of having been scrubbed. One analyst said it was compatible with Kercher's DNA. Another disagreed and said it was compatible with Knox's DNA. Kercher had never entered Sollecito's apartment. When the police told Sollecito that Kercher's DNA had been found on his kitchen knife, Sollecito lied and said Kercher had cut herself in his kitchen while cooking him a meal.
