giuliano magnini admitted to us, even without any evidence, he knew almost the moment he arrived and laid eyes on amanda knox and raffaele, they were involved in the murder. prior to the forensic investigation, prior to everything really, your intuition or your detective knowledge led you to amanda knox and rafaelle sollecito? translator: after the first few weeks we were convinced because of the behavior of the amanda, that they were both involved in a crime. reporter: but almost immediately after the arrests, he had a problem. the third suspect, patrick lamumba, had an air tight alibi. he was in his crowded bar that night. he could not have been involved. then the actual forensic tests came back.
it was an interview he later appeared to regret. nobody hit her? no one. translator: no, absolutely not. was she asked to imagine scenarios? so she s living lying? translator: absolutely. you either see the person or not. i can t ask a person what he or she imagines. this question would make no sense. reporter: that s not all that wouldn t make sense because it turns out virtually everything amanda knox told her interrogators the night of her so-called confession was a lie. amanda knox in this statement told police she was in the house the night of the murder and saw her boss, nightclub honor patrick lamumba and meredith kircher go into meredith s room, and she heard screams. her statement adds i am very confused, i imagine what could have happened. police apparently didn t bother to check the facts about lamumuba. they immediately arrested amanda knox, rafaelle sollecito and
not. was she asked to imagine scenarios? so she s living lying? translator: absolutely. you either see the person or not. i can t ask a person what he or she imagines. this question would make no sense. reporter: that s not all that wouldn t make sense because it turns out virtually everything amanda knox told her interrogators the night of her so-called confession was a lie. amanda knox in this statement told police she was in the house the night of the murder and saw her boss, nightclub honor patrick lamumba and meredith kircher go into meredith s room, and she heard screams. her statement adds i am very confused, i imagine what could have happened. police apparently didn t bother to check the facts about lamumuba. they immediately arrested amanda knox, rafaelle sollecito and patrick lamumba for the murder of meredith kircher, police announcing case solved.
patrick lamumba for the murder of meredith kircher, police announcing case solved. juliano magnini admitted to us, even without any evidence, he knew almost the moment he arrived and laid eyes on amanda knox and rave yael, they were involved in the murder. prior to the forensic investigation, prior to everything really, your intuition or your detective knowledge led you to amanda knox and rafaelle sollecito? translator: after the first few weeks we were convinced because of the behavior of the amanda, that they were both involved in a crime. reporter: but almost immediately after the arrests, he had a problem. the third suspect, patrick lamumba, had an air tight alibi. he was in his crowded bar that
sudden it goes viral. as the media circus grew, so did the pressure on police to solve the case. on the night of november 5th, the police interrogated amanda all night and into the next morning. it was during this session amanda confessed she was at the house that night. her boss patrick lamumba was there as well. at that point amanda knox officially ceased to be a witness. she became the suspect. the police held a press conference later that day announcing to the world they had solved the crime, case closed. according to police, meredith kircher had been killed because she would not take part in a sex game, a sex game orchestrated by amanda knox, her boyfriend, raphaelle and patrick lamumba. translator: i ve always said that this is a crime that was born of succession. it was step by step. there was no planning.