Murder of Meredith Kercher

===Via della Pergola 7===

===Via della Pergola 7===

[[Perugia]] has a population of 150,000 people, of whom more than a quarter are students, many from abroad. In the city, Kercher shared a four-bedroom, first-floor flat in a house at Via della Pergola 7<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meredith Kercher case file library |url=https://www.themurderofmeredithkercher.net/docupl/filelibrary/docs/misc/2003-03-01-Permit-cottage-revisions-plans-elevations.pdf}}</ref>. Her were two Italian women in their late 20s, Filomena Romanelli and Laura Mezzetti, and a 20-year-old American student from the [[University of Washington]], [[Amanda Knox]], who was attending the [[University for Foreigners Perugia|University for Foreigners in Perugia]] on an exchange year. Kercher moved in on 10 September 2007, and Knox moved in on 20 September.<ref name="DEx">Murphy, Dennis. [http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22332240 "Deadly exchange"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508074818/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22332240 |date=8 May 2020 }}, NBC News, 21 December 2007.</ref> Kercher typically called her mother daily on a mobile phone. A second mobile phone she used was registered to her flatmate, Romanelli.<ref>{{harvnb|Follain|2011|pp=25–47}}</ref>

[[Perugia]] has a population of 150,000 people, of whom more than a quarter are students, many from abroad. In the city, Kercher shared a four-bedroom, ground-floor flat in a house at Via della Pergola 7.

Her flatmates were two Italian women in their late 20s, Filomena Romanelli and Laura Mezzetti, and a 20-year-old American student from the [[University of Washington]], [[Amanda Knox]], who was attending the [[University for Foreigners Perugia|University for Foreigners in Perugia]] on an exchange year. Kercher moved in on 10 September 2007, and Knox moved in on 20 September.<ref name="DEx">Murphy, Dennis. [http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22332240 "Deadly exchange"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508074818/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22332240 |date=8 May 2020 }}, NBC News, 21 December 2007.</ref> Kercher typically called her mother daily on a mobile phone. A second mobile phone she used was registered to her flatmate, Romanelli.<ref>{{harvnb|Follain|2011|pp=25–47}}</ref>

The lower level of the house was occupied by four young Italian men with whom both Kercher and Knox were friendly. Kercher and Knox were out and away from their residence, late one night in mid-October. They returned home at 2:00 a.m., and met Rudy Guede. Guede had been invited into the lower-level flat by some of the Italian tenants. Kercher and Knox left at 4:30 a.m.<ref>{{harvnb|Follain|2011|p=39}} ("Meredith joined them she took just one pull on the joint; she was no habitual smoker")</ref><ref name="NoR">Wise, Ann. [https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/International/story?id=6826939&page=1 "'They Had No Reason Not to Get Along'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215012949/https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/International/story?id=6826939&page=1 |date=15 February 2021 }}, ABC News, 7 February 2009.</ref>

The lower level of the house was occupied by four young Italian men with whom both Kercher and Knox were friendly. Kercher and Knox were out and away from their residence, late one night in mid-October. They returned home at 2:00 a.m., and met Rudy Guede. Guede had been invited into the lower-level flat by some of the Italian tenants. Kercher and Knox left at 4:30 a.m.<ref>{{harvnb|Follain|2011|p=39}} ("Meredith joined them she took just one pull on the joint; she was no habitual smoker")</ref><ref name="NoR">Wise, Ann. [https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/International/story?id=6826939&page=1 "'They Had No Reason Not to Get Along'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215012949/https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/International/story?id=6826939&page=1 |date=15 February 2021 }}, ABC News, 7 February 2009.</ref>

Kercher and Knox attended the [[EuroChocolate]] festival in mid-October. On 25 October they attended a classical music concert, where Knox met Raffaele Sollecito, a 23-year-old computer science student<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/world/europe/italy-raffaele-sollecito-profile/index.html |title=Profile: Amanda Knox co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito |website=CNN |date=3 October 2011 |access-date=2021-07-17 |archive-date=14 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914192322/https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/world/europe/italy-raffaele-sollecito-profile/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> at the University of Perugia.<ref>{{harvnb|Follain|2011|pp=41–43}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Follain|2011|pp=46–47}}</ref>

Kercher and Knox attended the [[EuroChocolate]] festival in mid-October. On 25 October they attended a classical music concert, where Knox met Raffaele Sollecito, a 23-year-old computer science student,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/world/europe/italy-raffaele-sollecito-profile/index.html |title=Profile: Amanda Knox co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito |website=CNN |date=3 October 2011 |access-date=2021-07-17 |archive-date=14 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914192322/https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/world/europe/italy-raffaele-sollecito-profile/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> at the University of Perugia.<ref>{{harvnb|Follain|2011|pp=41–43}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Follain|2011|pp=46–47}}</ref>

===Last sighting===

===Last sighting===