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Names are listed in alphabetical order


Luca Altieri  - He broke the door to Meredith's room, which led to the discovery of Meredith's body.

Anna Aprile - A judge-appointed forensic expert who testified at the trial in September 2009.

Mauro Bacci - A pathologist who testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Mauro Barbadori  - A police officer who testified about images of Meredith, taken by a camera in the parking near her house.

Michele Battistelli - A postal inspector present when Meredith's body was discovered.

Jade Bidwell - One of Meredith's British friends that testified at the trial.

Mauro Bigini - A police officer who testified at the trial. He was involved in the search of the cottage.

Saverio Binetti - A childhood friend of Raffaele Sollecito who testified for his defense at the trial.

Renato Biondo(photo) - Head of the DNA Unit at Polizia Scientifica in Rome.

Walter Biscotti - A lawyer for Rudy Guede.

Stefano Bonassi - One of the four young men living in the apartment below the one rented by Amanda and Meredith.

Giulia Bongiorno(photo)  - One of Sollecito's lawyers.

Anne Bremner - A Seattle attorney who represents the group "Friends of Amanda".

Gioia Brocci - An officer working for the forensic department in Rome. She testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Marco Brusco - One of Sollecito's lawyers.

Robyn Butterworth - One of Meredith's British friends that testified at the trial.

Carlo Caltagirone - A psychiatrist that testified at the trial for the defense of Amanda Knox.

Pietro Camplongo - A student from the University of Perugia. He testified that he saw Rudy Guede dancing at a local disco.

Maria Cantwell - Democrat senator for the state of Washington. In 2008, she wrote letters to the American ambassador to Italy and to the Italian ambassador to the United States, asking for a fair trial for Amanda Knox.

Nara Capezzali - She testified at the trial that  she heard a scream followed by people running on the street on the night of the murder.

Paolo Caporali - The adoptive father of Rudy Guede. He is a wealthy entrepreneur in Perugia.

Marco Chiaccheria - A police officer in the Perugia Flying Squad who testified at the trial on his search of Sollecito's house.

Mariano Cingolani  - A judge-appointed forensic expert who testified at the trial.

Paul Ciolino - A private investigator from Chicago, critical of the investigation.

Angelo Cirillo -  A childhood friend of Raffaele Sollecito who testified for his defense.

Aida Colantone - an interpreter for the Ministry of Interior, employed by the police in Perugia. She testified at the trial that she witnessed Amanda shaking and crying.

Pasqualino Coletta - He was the driver of the car that broke down in front of Meredith's house on the night of the murder.

Manuela Comodi(photo) - The co-prosecutor in the trial.

Joe Cottonwood -  An American author. He claims to have been charged with defamation in Italy, in relation to an article he wrote containing some negative comments he made about the prosecution.

Dorothy Craft Najir - A cousin of Amanda's mother living in Germany.

Beatrice Cristiani - A side judge at the trial. She questioned why Amanda took a shower on the morning after the murder.

Antonio Curatolo  - A homeless man that testified at the trial.

Carlo Dalla Vedova(photo) - One of Amanda Knox's lawyers.

Fabio D'Astolto - A police officer in Perugia. He testified  for the prosecution.

Rosa Natalia Guaman Fernandez De Calle - Sollecito's cleaning lady that cleaned his apartment November 5, 2007.

Corrado De Candia - A friend of Raffaele Sollecito. He testified at the trial for his defense.
Mario De Martino - A friend of Raffaele Sollecito. He testified for his defense at the trial.

Candace Dempsey - American author of Murder in Italy, a book about the Knox case, and a true crime blogger on seattlepi.com.

Donatella Donati - A lawyer working for Raffaele Sollecito's legal team.

Anna Donnino - An interpreter for the Perugia police who testified at the trial about the night of Amanda Knox's Interrogation.

Timothy Egan - An American journalist who resides in Seattle, Washington.

Alessandro Elisabetta - The son of Lana Elisabetta. He testified at the trial about the cell phones found in his mother's garden.

Giannetta Elisabetta - The daughter of Lana Elisabetta. She testified at the trial about the cell phones found in her mother's garden.

Lana Elisabetta  - An Italian woman, owner of the garden where Meredith's cellphones were found. She testified at the trial. She is the mother of Alessandro Elisabetta and Giannetta Elisabetta.

Carolina Espinilla - An Erasmus student in Perugia, who was living over Rudy's apartment.. She refuted Rudy's claim that he spoke to Meredith at the Halloween party the night before the murder.

Leonardo Fabio - A former dorm-mate of Sollecito who testified at the trial in his defense.

Paolo Fazi -  The director of a Perugian bank. He testified at the trial about the ATM withdrawal made from Meredith’s bank account on November 2, 2007, after her murder.

Marta Fernandez - An Erasmus student in Perugia, who was living over Rudy's apartment.. She refuted Rudy's claim that he spoke to Meredith at the Halloween party the night before the murder.

Rita Ficarra -  An officer in the Perugia Flying Squad. She testified at the trial. She was present during the interrogation of Amanda Knox.

Armando Finzi - An assistant in the Perugia police department who found the knife in Sollecito's kitchen drawer using "police intuition"

Alessandra Formica - An Italian woman who testified at the trial. on the night of the crime, she was walking with her boyfriend in Perugia, near Meredith's house. She claims that her boyfriend was struck by a black man running.

Antonino Francaviglia - A fingerprints specialist who testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Anna Fronticelli Baldelli - A translator for Amanda Knox at the trial.

Amy Frost - One of Meredith's British friends that testified at the trial.

Margaret Ganong - A moderator on the "Perugia Murder File" web site. Her nickname is Peggy posting under the name "Skeptical Bystander".

Spyros Gatsios - A friend of Amanda in Perugia, he testified at the trial for her defense.

Nicodemo Gentile - A lawyer for Rudy Hermann Guede.

Luciano Ghirga (photo) - One of Amanda Knox's lawyers.

Paula Giannoni - A translator in the civil trial.

Sara Gino -  A DNA expert working for the defense. She testified at the trial.

Edgardo Giobbi(photo) - Head of the forensic squad in Rome.

Agatino Giunta - A fingerprint expert that testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Paola Grande - A friend of Filomena Romanelli and the girlfriend of Luca Altieri. She was present when Meredith's body was discovered. She testified at the trial.

Pacome Roger Guede - The biological father of Rudy Hermann Guede.

Rudy Guede(photo) - Man who single handedly attacked and murdered Meredith Kercher.

Christina Hagge - An aunt of Amanda Knox

Natalie Hayworth - One of Meredith's British friends that testified at the trial.

Michael Heavey -  An American judge that supports Amanda Knox. He wrote a letter to the authorities in Italy asking for a change of venue for the trial.

Claudio Pratillo Hellmann - The judge presiding over the appeal trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito.

Janet Huff - An aunt of Amanda Knox.

Alberto Intini - Head of the Rome forensic police unit that supervises Perugia.

Francesco Introna - An expert working for the defense of Raffaele Sollecito.

David Johnsrud - American, ex-boyfriend of Amanda Knox.

Arline Kercher - Meredith Kercher's mother.

John Kercher - Meredith Kercher's father.

John Kercher - Meredith Kercher's brother

Lyle Kercher - Meredith Kercher's - brother

Stephanie Kercher - Meredith Kercher's sister

Meredith Kercher(photo) - Her complete name is Meredith Susanna Cara Kercher. She was murdered on the evening of November 1, 2007,  She was 21 at the time of her death. The world lost a beautiful young woman to a senseless act of inhumanity. Rest in peace Meredith.

Amanda Knox(photo) -  Wrongfully convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher. She is currently jailed in Capanne, near Perugia. The truth will set her free.

Ashley Knox - Amanda Knox's oldest half sister.

Curt Knox - Amanda Knox's father.

Deanna Knox - Amanda Knox's younger sister.

Delaney Knox - Amanda Knox's youngest half-sister.

Luca Lalli - The pathologist who conducted the autopsy on Meredith Kercher. He testified at the trial.

Letterio Latella - A cellphones expert who testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Vincenza Liviero -  A medical examiner that testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Riccardo Luciani - One of the four young men living in the apartment below the one rented by Amanda and Meredith.

Patrick Diya Lumumba(photo) - Amanda's Boss. He was arrested for the murder of Meredith Kercher. He was freed two weeks later, after the police determined his innocence.

Luca Maori - One of Raffaele Sollecito's lawyers.

Francesco Maresca - A lawyer representing the Kercher family.

Carlo Maria Scotto di Rinaldi  - Owner of the store where Amanda bought some underwear.

Marco Marzan - One of the four young men living in the apartment below the one rented by Amanda and Meredith.

Fabio Marzi - A postal inspector present when Meredith's body was discovered.

Mauro Marchionni - A gynecologist that testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Giancarlo Massei(photo) - The judge who presided over the trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito.

Claudia Matteini(photo) - Preliminary judge.

Chris Mellas - Edda Mellas husband, stepfather of Amanda Knox.

Edda Mellas - Amanda Knox's mother.

Laura Mezzetti - flatmate of Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox and Filomena Romanelli.

Paolo Micheli(photo) - Judge at the pre-trial.

Giuliano Mignini(photo) - The chief prosecutor in the case

Barbie Nadeau - An American journalist working in Italy.

Monica Napoleone - An officer in the Perugia Flying Squad. She testified at the trial.

Carlo Pacelli - Patrick Lumumba's lawyer.

Francesco Pasquali - A former marshall who testified for the defense at the trial regarding the broken window in Filomena's room.

Walter Patumi - A consultant working for the Amanda Knox defense team.

Madison Paxton - One of Amanda's closest friends in Seattle.

Bruno Pellero - A mobile phone expert who testified at the trial for the defense.

Marco Perla - A police officer in charge of fingerprints results analysis. He testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Serena Perna - A lawyer representing the family of Meredith Kercher.

Nick Pisa - A journalist who writes regularly from Perugia about the Meredith Kercher murder.

Jovana Popovic - A Serbian female music student, she was a friend of Raffaele Sollecito. She testified at the trial. She was supposed to receive a ride from Raffaele to the train station. She stopped by Raffaele's the night of the murder to let him know that she no longer needed the ride.

Helen Powell  - One of Meredith's British friends that testified at the trial.

Douglas Preston - Co-author with Mario Spezi of the book The Monster of Florence.

Giuseppe Privetera - A police officer in charge of fingerprints results analysis. He testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Domenico Giacinto Profazio - An officer in the Perugia Flying Squad who testified at the trial about his search of Meredith's cottage.

Sophie Purton - One of Meredith's British friends in Perugia. She walked home with Meredith the night of the murder

Lorenzo Rinaldi - Director of the print identity department of the Italian Police, he testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Daniela Rocchi - A lawyer working for Raffaele Sollecito's legal team.

Samantha Rodenhurst - One of Meredith's British friends that testified at the trial.

Filomena Romanelli - flatmate of Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox and Laura Mezzetti.

Saulo Scarabattoli  - Amanda Knox's prison priest.

Giuseppe Sereni - He was a lawyer for Patrick Lumumba.

Frank Sfarzo - Creator of the Perugia Shock blog.

Giacomo Silenzi - One of the four young men living in the apartment below the one rented by Amanda and Meredith.

Theodore Simon(photo) - An American attorney with an international practice. He recently joined the Amanda Knox defense team.

Stefano Sisani - One of the four young men living in the apartment below the one rented by Amanda and Meredith.

Francesco Sollecito - Raffaele Sollecito's father. He testified at the trial.

Raffaele Sollecito(photo) - Wrongfully convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher. The truth will set him free.

Vanessa Sollecito - Raffaele Sollecito's sister.

Mario Spezi -  Co-author with Douglas Preston of "The Monster of Florence".
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Nick Squires - An Italian-based journalist covering the trial for The Daily Telegraph.

Patrizia Stefanoni(photo) - A forensic officer who testified at the trial. She is the expert who analyzed both the knife and the bra clasp.

Simone Tacconi - An officer from the Police Communications Service in Rome, he testified at the trial.

Adriano Tagliabracci - A forensic specialist working for Raffaele's defense. He testified at the trial.

Aldalia Tattanelli-Morrone - The owner of the house where the murder occurred.

Francesco Tavernise - A residence supervisor who knew Sollecito. He testified at the trial.

Tiziano Tedeschi - He was a lawyer for Raffaele Sollecito.

Carlo Torre - An Italian forensic expert working for Amanda's defense team. He testified at the trial.

Francesca Torricelli - A forensic geneticist who testified at the trial for the prosecution.

Gabriele Traverso - A friend of Raffaele Sollecito. He testified at the trial for his defense.
Marco Trotta - A police computer expert who testified for the prosecution about Sollecito's use of his computer the night of the murder.

Ray Turner - Creator of the blog "The Ridiculous Case Against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito".

Giancarlo Umani Ronchi - A judge-appointed forensic expert who testified at the trial In September 2009.

Francesco Vinci - A forensic specialist working for Sollecito's defense.

Andrea Vogt - A former Washington state journalist now working in Italy as a freelance reporter.

Mark Waterbury - A scientist defending the innocence of Amanda and Raffaele.

Harry R. Wilkens - He manages the FreeAmanda web site and believes in the innocence of Amanda and Raffaele.

Marco Zaroli - He was Filomena's boyfriend.  He was present when Meredith' body was found.

Lorena Zugarini - A police inspector, she testified at the trial. She claims that she whitnessed Amanda doing the splits while waiting for Raffaele.
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