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The Marasca/Bruno Report, A Dissection In Four Parts: #4 Their Findings - Ambivalent In Spades

Sollecito & Bongiorno: reported as very un-thrilled at the findings RS was at crime scene and lied Overview This is my dissection of Part 9, the final 10 pages of the report. My previous dissections of the Fifth Chambers explanation can be read here and here and here. Dissections Each…

catnip 10/31/15 8 11/01/15
The Marasca/Bruno Report, A Dissection In Four Parts: #3 Their Profound Evidence Muddle

Back of house, showing route in of 2 different burglars in 2009 My previous dissections of the Fifth Chambers explanation can be read here and here. The next two sections (7 and 8) of the Bruno judgment span ten pages. Each sentence in the paraphrased gist below corresponds to one…

catnip 10/17/15 17 10/22/15
The Marasca/Bruno Report, A Dissection In Four Parts: #2 The Strange Two Unrelated Tracks Approach

The Bruno demon in the cage… Initial impressions of the legal reasoning A closer reading, or later pages, may reveal a change in opinion might be required. If so, those changes in the post will be noted. Based on experience, the likelihood is that, how a thing starts, is how…

catnip 10/09/15 19 10/13/15
The Marasca/Bruno Report, A Dissection In Four Parts: #1 The Strange “Dogmatic Assertions” Approach

General Garofano founded Carabinieri labs, has long argued DNA evidence in this case very strong 1. Overview Of This Post These analyses will be interspersed with the final posts of the Marasca/Bruno report. A person holding themselves out to be a “˜creation scientist’ may easily make a statement (in the…

catnip 10/02/15 6 10/04/15
Legal Timeline Of The Main Case, On Which The Next Ruling By Supreme Court Could Be Final

Cassazione (Supreme Court of Italy) seen from the east across the Tiber River Todays Status The Supreme Court is due to rule, possibly in the autumn, on what might be the final appeal by Sollecito and Knox on grounds which have not been published. Main steps prior to this: November…

catnip 08/15/14 5 08/19/14
Translations Of Key Testimony Is Being Added To The Daily TJMK Reports Of The 2009 Trial

If you read PMF or TJMK regularly, you will know that our many Italian speakers have posted dozens of translations over the years. Many were quickies of Italian reports of court or prison doings and the takes of Italian reporters and the public. Perhaps most worthwhile for you to check…

catnip 09/12/13 10 09/18/13
Despite Its Rep Perugia Was Always Quite A Nice Safe Place - And Now Is Becoming Even More-So

“Noir City”, the “Disneyland of Drugs”, “Drug-Dealing Capital”, a “Sex-and-Drugs La Dolce Vita” for university students, an “Ibiza in Italy”. All these phrases, and more, have been used by the media to describe Perugia. A recent Porta-a-Porta report visually represented Perugia’s situation by showing images of Elisa Benedetti and Meredith…

catnip 03/21/11 6 03/22/11
Elisa Benedetti: Another Sad And Unneccesary Death Of A Young Woman Living In Perugia

About our series This is another in our occasional series of posts on crimes involving young women in Perugia. It shows how trouble and death so easily overwhelmed the vivacious Elisa, how drugs and drug dealers may have played a role, how the authorities handled Elisa’s disappearance, and how caring…

catnip 02/19/11 11 02/22/11
Explaining The Massei Report: The Timeline For Events Before, During, And After The Night #1

The Masssei Timeline To Midnight 1 Nov These two posts list all of the events precisely timed in the Massei Report. Page numbers shown in brackets are those in the original Italian version. This timeline will be reposted over on the TJMK Massei Report summaries and highlights page as we…

catnip 11/29/10 56 12/19/10
Explaining The Massei Report: The Timeline For Events Before, During, And After The Night #2

The Masssei Timeline After Midnight 1 Nov We continue here from Post #1 These two posts list all of the events precisely timed in the Massei Report. Page numbers shown in brackets are those in the original Italian version. There are plenty of mentions of imprecise occasions and general time…

catnip 11/29/10 21 05/09/11
The Sad Case Of Sonia Marra #2: Summary Of Known Facts To Release Last Week Of Prime Suspect

The Sonia Marra case hits another dead-end (blind alley) (n1). Umberto Bindella, 31, accused of the murder of student Sonia Marra who vanished in November 2006, was released the afternoon of 6 February 2010. (n2). He had always maintained his innocence. (n3) The Perugia GIP granted a defence request for…

catnip 02/10/10 1 02/10/10
The Sad Case Of Sonia Marra #1: Summary Of The Known Facts Up To The Charging Of A Suspect

[Above: Sonia Marra is at center here - we have many more photos to be added] This annotated summary below of the known facts of Sonia’s case up to the charging of a suspect is the first of four posts here on TJMK. Tomorrow I’ll be posting on on the…

catnip 02/09/10 2 02/11/10