This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7102146.stm
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Version 0 | Version 1 |
---|---|
Fourth Meredith suspect is named | Fourth Meredith suspect is named |
(41 minutes later) | |
Police have confirmed the name of a fourth suspect they want to speak to over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. | Police have confirmed the name of a fourth suspect they want to speak to over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. |
Officers want to speak to Rudy Herman Guede, 21, originally from Ivory Coast. | Officers want to speak to Rudy Herman Guede, 21, originally from Ivory Coast. |
Bloody fingerprints found on Miss Kercher's pillow and on toilet paper in her bathroom are reported to match his. | Bloody fingerprints found on Miss Kercher's pillow and on toilet paper in her bathroom are reported to match his. |
Two other men and a woman have been arrested over the murder of the 21-year-old Leeds University student, from Coulsdon, London, on 2 November. | Two other men and a woman have been arrested over the murder of the 21-year-old Leeds University student, from Coulsdon, London, on 2 November. |
Miss Kercher's body was found in her bedroom in a pool of blood. | |
Police do not believe the murder was premeditated but they allege each of the suspects played a role. | |
Prosecutors believe the student was murdered after refusing to take part in an extreme sex game. | |
The three suspects have all denied any involvement in Miss Kercher's death. | |
However, officers are understood to have said they are confident they can place the trio at the scene. | |
The suspects' phone records and calls they exchanged after the murder are expected to play a crucial role in the case. | |
Mr Lumumba had been in the country since 1988, while Mr Sollecito was a student at the local university. Miss Knox is from Seattle, Washington. | |
Miss Kercher had been in the third year of a four-year European Studies degree and went to Italy, in August, as part of a one-year exchange programme. |