Candace Dempsey presents Murder in Italy: The Shocking Slaying of a British Student, the Accused American Girl, and an International Scandal ($7.99). Award-winning journalist Dempsey takes us to Italy for the murder trial of American Amanda Knox, accused of murdering her housemate. She reveals the real story behind the media frenzy.
In Perugia, Italy, on November 2, 2007, police discovered the body of a British college student stabbed to death in her bedroom. The prosecutor alleged that the brutal murder had occurred during a drug-fueled sex game gone wrong. Her housemate, American honor student Amanda Knox, quickly became the prime suspect and soon found herself the star of a sensational international story, both vilified and eroticized by the tabloids and the Internet.
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