Why not by Guede? There is no evidence of him leaving right away only supposition. He was next seen at 2AM in a Disco. He is a known burglar and his bloody fingerprints are on Meredith’s purse and also he had expressed interest in Meredith to other people prior to that night. He was there for money and also for sex if he could get it. It is perfectly consistent with what is know that he could have stayed and carried out his probable 2nd intention… having sex with her… something he could only accomplish after she died. After a clean up of the mess left when a recently deceased person relaxes certain muscles and voids waste which took long enough for blood to dry and certain marks to become fixed on the body. He may have gone to the other toilet during this time. After a while he returned to her the bra strap was cut and her body rearranged to facilitate sex. He wore condoms and left internal DNA traces either from his fingers or from the outer surface of the condom from when he handled it… After that he did a quick clean of himself and the bathroom.… it is interesting that the people who saw him at the disco later stated that he STANK.
There are no bloody footprints that match Amanda’s. None. No blood found on alleged footprints in the hall therefore not linked to the murder. The shoeprint in the bedroom originally thought to match her shoe size were on cloth that had a crease that made the print appear shorter and it later was found to be consistent with the distinctive shoes that Guede wore. The bloody print on the bathmat has toe and arch characteristics that are again consistent with Guede’s and not the others.
Besides the original coroner’s conclusion was that there was only one attacker. He was fired from the case and replaced by a new coroner who had a new finding more in agreement with Mignini’s theory of a group attack.
It is odd that after 4 days of taping all their phone calls and also the interviews during that time that they completely forgot to record the big one the night of the 5th & 6th. The one where Mignini was orchestrating the proceedings, and Giobbi was in the next room (presumably working his pseudo-science Behavioral Analysis Interview demeanor magic interpretation of the whole thing. 36 police were in the room along with Mignini...they all signed as witnesses… the typewritten Italian police legalese “spontaneous confession” doc.(why so many? to keep her company?) Mignini running out of time (he knew from the telephone calls that Amanda’s mother was coming and that she might possibly get Amanda to the US embassy or out of the country. they had no grounds to hold her… they needed a confession and they knew they could get one and they did. The police had the investigator’s hunch leading them to believe that they had a guilty person to break down… even though there was no physical evidence. And that was the problem they had the theory before any evidence and seem to have been stringing the interviews along while they waited for the strong evidence they were convinced was there… and yet no DNA, no fingerprints… nothing… but they were so sure… Giobbi the mindreading expert from Rome and Mignini the famous Prosecutor and the policewoman duo were so convinced and they set the tone and the rest of the police believed them… nobody was trying to railroad innocent people Miginini and the rest took off running based on a gut feeling and pseudo science. (and add to that an African hair sample and a misinterpreted text message from an African)
The police do tend to cut corners when they are convinced a person is guilty… that is when they can justify putting the screws on and they if they were really sure about someone they could make you or I or anyone seem “unreliable”, a person who changes their story… a liar…