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Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:48:00 -0000

To pinkdummergirl: If you read these comments thread thoroughly and carefully you would see my specific reply to your complaint on 12/18/07, my apologies and explanation. Thus your continued criticism is unwarranted and unjustified. My post just a few posts back can be found at

http://truecrimeweblog.disq...

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:34:19 -0000

Concluding my session: I have moved a number of others posters posts and links here within disqus over to the new HaloScan thread, what I have designated as HaloScan III.

http://www.haloscan.com/com...

Given that I support the effort by RobertM to settle on one thread so we can all continue to be stimulated by the super critical thinking offered by everyone as they have in the past. Think one big giant super computer being equalized and bettered by 100 high powered PC posters with dual quad processors and gbyte memory modules linked together as parallel processors. Beats big blue (the ILE) any day, well, at least the Italian press. That's what we are even though we had a double whammy here in the last three days. A sudden bump in the software application and an even bigger bump in the crime case with Foxy Knoxy's latest interrogation and the new visit by the forensic investigator to the crime scene house.

So be sure to go see which posts of yours I moved over. Then come back and move more of yours over so all can get caught up and keep the dialog cool, erh, Hot! :-)

Get the latest over on the HaloScan III, the newest Meredith Kercher murder thread by Steve's Huff's True Crime Blog. Dot not forget to stop in daily to check out Steve's latest wriitng. The link for Meredith's thread is right there amongst other great threads. See it here.

http://www.truecrimeweblog....

See you there!!!

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:06:20 -0000

RobertM: You can't just move the links by copy and pasting the post to HaloScan because often the are truncated and the copy function can't pick up the truncated portion. So copy and paste the whole thread to Halscan but do not hit publish, then come back launch each link, copy from the browsers link URL window, go back to HaloScan post and copy paste the true length over the truncated one pasted before. (Don't wipe out any of the body of the post). After all links re copied to HaloScan, hit Publish in HaloScan

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:14:58 -0000

I was dead wrong on MK's bedroom, Kermit. The wardrobe is on the same wall as the head end of the bed. Meaning that the wardrobe is just above and to MKs, left (upper torso, head) and her feet facing the door and wall where the desk sets.

When I first viewed the video several times I thought it was a pan of room right to left. Instead I now realize it is a edit cut after filming the wall above the head of the bed at the blood on the wall then a pan to the ceiling wood truss support the a start to pan the wall and CUT. Then next scene is panning the window, radiator below the window (in center, not to the left of that wall) and then to wardrobe. Except for the window location being in the center, your drawing is exactly correct. Still wonder if there was a blood trail from in front of the wardrobe to byt the bed. But in this case she was only moved two feet. At this point I can see a struggling self move as well as the possibility she was moved there by some one else.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:03:09 -0000

Hmm, the photograph and the video do not seem to line up right for me. I have to take another look at the video. Certainly your drawing, Kermit, looks correct by the photograph. Going to the video again.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:55:34 -0000

Reposting a reply to Kermit and Loz who were discussing the video of MK and AK's bedrooms. I buried in your thread. Here it is in flat. I also saw a wardrobe in AK room but it was smaller a single door. MK's was larger and appeared to have two doors. Any hope my describe of what I saw in the video helps in your re-sketch of the flats floor plan. That ppt sketch really helped me thanks again Kermit.

coyotewaits —Yesterday 11:54 PM with 1 point

One thing I note is that it sure doesn't look like AK's bedroom is cleaned up. I mean how can you bleach every where when there are books and papers all over the desk and clothes all over the bed and floor. This story about a bleach clean up of AK's room is BS. There might not have been any prints there but it wasn't cleaned up.. No prints = she hardly spent any time there in the past two weeks.

Second: Loz, keen eye. The wardrobe is in the opposite corner from the bed corner. The bed is adjacent (in the corner) to two walls, the long side of the bed to the wall with the radiator below the window. Adjacent to the wall space to the left of the radiator and window is one side of wardrobe which back is to the opposite wall from the head of the bed.

Thus when found on the floor covered by the duvet, her head would had been towards towards the night stand adjacent to the head of the bed (not shown) and her feet would have been towards the radiator/window direction with the wardrobe just to the left of her feet. Her right side would have been parallel to the open side of the bed. An easy position if she was on her knees facing the radiator to drag her backwards after a knife blow and drop her upper torso and head to the floor after only two to three feet of dragging.

I'm thinking forensic LE may have observed blood flow on the floor from in front of the wardrobe to the spot where her head & neck was dropped to the floor. Or she might herself tried to crawl back, I wouldn't speculate. But this makes sense if in fact she was killed in front of the wardrobe and then moved.

The question is, what is the blood pattern evidence. Again we don't know and police haven't told. Why. They don't want her lawyers to know so they can advise her interview answers to questions about her talking about MK being found next to the wardrobe.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:56:33 -0000

Per RobertM suggestion above, again here is the "new" HaloScan thread started by Steve on 12/17/07.

http://www.haloscan.com/com...

A lot of our posters have gone back to HaloScan and a lot remain here because they like the features of the disqus system. So do I. And though it does work when you understand how it works and get up to speed on it, it still isn't ready for prime time in its loading and refreshing speed and cache management. On the other hand many posters found the change difficult to adapt to and many would not have had an easy start up learning curve. This led to frustration and disruption of their critical thinking skills and with lost posts and all, even their usual sense of humor. So they were glad to return to the HaloScan. Since those of us who have stayed here are somewhat more technical savvy and adaptable to sudden change, going back to HaloScan would not be similarly disruptive because we have all been there for the past six weeks of the blog. Thus I think it would be a courtesy for those who prefer disqus to move back to HaloScan so we can all sort of be on the same page again. (pun intended).

HaloScan III loads fast because it is new and not a very big file for now. But certainly it is your choice. I myself will be checking in here each time I log on to the thread to read but will try to concentrate most of my posts after tonight on the HaloScan thread. Hope to see you there.

In addition, for those of you who may have lost the original two HaloScan URL links here they are so you can load them and bookmark them again. Call the newest thread HaloScan I I I just for reference.

Haloscan I postings dated from 11/06/07 to ~11/30/07 with a few trailing posts up through 12/07 can be found here:

http://www.haloscan.com/com...

HaloScan I is great for going back to find links to media reports, videos, and other evidence developments and your and others old posts and links.

Haloscan II postings are dated from 11/26/07 - 12/18/07 (today). Steve started this second comments thread because HaloScan I became so large it took half the night to reload after each post. But remember HaloScan always takes you back to page top (no pagination) so you still get to do scroll happiness on Haloscan. Here is the link to HaloScan II.

http://www.haloscan.com/com...

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:54:00 -0000

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:39:18 -0000

OT) my apologies pinkdrummergirl, i forgot to label my reply to xin as OT = off topic.
TD was Theresa Duncan, 40, a very creative writer, artist in her own right, and entrepreneur and artist promoter. JB was Jeremy Blake, 35, a creative genius in the new art form of digital multi-media art. The two were friends, lovers and partners in the art world (USA) for 12 years. I say was because TD on July 10, 2007 committed suicide. Even with friends keeping a close eye on and support for Jeremey, he followed her with his own suicide one week later July 17, 2007.

The story is both fascinating and mysterious and can be found here at Vanity Fair Jan 2008 issue.

http://www.vanityfair.com/c...

Robert graciously covered who DD and GVS are. I initiated the OT conversation with xin because I have always been a big fan of Dominick Dunn, a diarist, father of a murdered daughter when she was ~22-24 y.o., and now a writer who covers high profile murder cases in the USA. Accused O.J. Simpson, Phil Spector, etc. So I was asking her if she might put a bug in his ear about maybe covering the Meredith Kercher killing when the trail starts, which I guess puts us back on topic.

Welcome pdg, I haven't noticed you here before. Hope you join us and offer your ideas.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:48:42 -0000

OT again)) xin, many thanks for the URL to TD's blog. That is what I love about this place. So many people, you and Robert probably topping them, are so knowledgeable about so many different subjects. True eclectics. I did get the obvious impression from the author that TD was sinking fast into paranoia and depression. Sometimes the opposite side (dark side?) of brilliance and creativity. But for JB to go a week later just baffled me.
Realizing for the first time your many associations and friends (trial) and that you cc'd: DD on the TD/JB and Perugia stuff. What are the chances that that globe trotting diarist of celebrities and murder mysteries might spend a few weeks in Perugia next year when a fascinating trial starts. I have followed his columns and talk show visits (Charlie Rose, Larry King for years), had no idea he even knew how to curse (laughs) and that he frequently did trips to London and Paris and reported therefrom. I know he his getting senior now and only publishes his column in VF 6 times a year now instead of every month. But what a delight for me to hear his sarcastic yet sharp witted and friendly coverage from Perugia for a week or two. Oh well just imagining what some one else said here. International Court TV from Perugia. Well ok, as long as G.V.S. doesn't anchor it.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:29:23 -0000

pink drummergirl posted her original vote here as follows:
http://media.disqus.com/upl...

We re enter her vote in the vote thread for counting:

pinkdrummergirl —13 minutes ago with 1 point
i've got a mac and disqus works fine. I like disqus...

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:25:17 -0000

@ seattleite —Today 12:09 AM with 1 point

I vote for disqus

seatlleite missed the direct reply button but her vote counts and is re-recoded here
from just the next post down in the thread view
http://truecrimeweblog.disq...

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:56:47 -0000

This reply is to parent post http://truecrimeweblog.disq...
and RobertM's reply to the Rhonda post following it at
http://truecrimeweblog.disq...
in thread view only.

Robert concluded his post asking "So, given that there's hard evidence and broader circumstantial evidence, why Rudy is holding back from naming Rafe and/or Amanda is a real "yellow" here?"

I have asked this same question over and over. My only logical answer needs help from our friends in Italy, (fran, belle, middie, damien pls cmebck). But this is my thought. In this stage of the Italian CCP process it is still only the equivalent of the interrogation/interview process of POI (persons of interest) in USA CCP. Until an arrest and formal charges and indictment is imminent there is no plea deals offered to just POI in the USA (in Italy they already call them suspects and can detain them). So if we are in a sort of complementary stage of the investigation in Perugia, it is that ILE are trying to gather more evidence, especially against AK and RS but without tipping their hand as to what they have. By getting each suspect to talk in interrogations they just hope to learn more a piece at a time and to break down more and more each suspects story. (e.g., just why is it reported they are going back to the HOH and look at a foot print (the heel or the trainer sole?) or something else. Because they have gleamed something in these interviews that a re-forensic examination might uncover new hard evidence.

Thus they are not tipping their hand with offers of leniency to the one suspect they have dead to rights for a M1 charge. When they finally have got all they think necessary to pull the plug and issue arrest warrants with charges, then they will top off their case with "here's the deal Mr Rudy, tell us all you really do know and we can offer you............!". By that time they will think fairly confidently that they can take down the other[s] with their forensic evidence even if Rudy fucks up his testimony of truth (the deal) in the trial from the defense attacks. So then the judges and jurors will be swayed by the whole story the LE has put together, not just some story by a known petty drug criminal of Afro ethnicity.

This is why I feel it is going to be a long time before this case goes to arrests with a scheduled trial date. PS: I also do not think RG has told his lawyer any more truth than he has the investigators. I don't know about RS and AK in that latter regard and have no opinion or guess. Coyotewaits has to wait again and again. Dang it!!!

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:58:18 -0000

I do encourage you to make a vote for haloscan (I assume). A quick scroll, not thorough though, showed no one said they were through and not returning except, I think, you late yesterday :-). And the trooper you are, you came back. Cheers!. But kb, frangi, erhw, DLW and soozieuk have not been back. But they are all European I think and 12 to 18 hours wait for formerly frequent posters should be fair. If they are not back by then, we give 'em a proxy vote for haloscan. I would hope that would offset any skew.

Lastly, Steve has already made his decision, if you are on the blog and hit the comments key its going to take you to haloscan. This thread will not be deleted because it is on the disqus server system. Steve just probably won't manage, read it (maybe) or post anything to it.

So please make your pitch to all, my suggestion of a vote is certainly not sacrosanct. In fact it is is probably my skew to see how people feel, not necessary the best way to focus. Maybe we should keep both threads going, in a way they have been going simultaneously already. I check haloscan once a day myself. But that will be even more work for all if one appreciates all. nuf said.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:38:20 -0000

Acknowledgment to your point Xin: If you can remember those that gave up by user name, I certainly remember two or three posts that they stated goodbye, I would be willing to search those names here. And if they haven't come back by tomorrow evening, I'll be out to business all day tomorrow, then I think they should be allowed a proxy vote so identified for haloscan.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:20:11 -0000

I am not going to stump for either system and try to influence anybody. I voted that's it. I go with the flow. Just like I wouldn't stump for any of the democratic or republican candidates for presidental nominees in these upcoming primaries. But I'll vote.

However, I would like to stump for Steve Huff and his family. We all really enjoy his blog and channels he provides for us to share our thoughts and our asides. So gather up your points you've scored here and read his main blog page about the second or third post down dated 12/15/07, then send a donation as thanks for all his effort. After realizing how much value his blog has created for my psyche I did let him know my appreciation, even if he deleted two my more over the top posts today :-). I deserved it. And he deserves your support.

http://www.truecrimeweblog....

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:07:30 -0000

Accepting Rhonda's vote from offline as she is having trouble with getting here.

Rhonda votes for Haloscan.

Rhonda: Please change it if I proxy voted incorrectly for you.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:05:52 -0000

*laughs* seattleite: Please vote your heart so you don't wear out your head and all your fine thinking posted here.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:02:09 -0000

Unbelievable Xin: Thanks for Michelle's URL, can't wait to read it. Ah ha, was Susan Polk the woman the one who shot (I think) her husband several times in their out in the country woods home. They had teenage children, like 18 or 19, at least a son maybe from a previous marriage. If so I remember the case it was weird? Psychos by psychologists.

Which leads me to ask: Do you read or peruse VF. If so what do you think about the Theresa Duncan and Jermey Blake suicides. And all the Scientology background. Whenever I hear anything about Scientology I go, oh gawd another human crucified. They are creepy. Germany's government finally voted to banned them outright as a religious group just last week. Not here though. I'm surprised they do not have a stealth candidate in this next years presidential race, sort of a grooming for the 2016 apocalypse.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:46:51 -0000

The parent thread for voting on which comments thread we should settle on is at this link. Please branch to this link and vote for the where we should land to keep this our thread in focus for all. Please you the reply button at the end of the parent Vote post. Thanks

http://truecrimeweblog.disq...

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:42:38 -0000

I vote for disqus.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:40:38 -0000

I would like to start a thread as Robert did early to day and for every one to use it with the reply button only and vote and please vote only once unless you wish to change your vote. Then note you are changing your vote in the later post so we do not count it twice. Then when we feel we have enough votes that we have a plurality of members (say in 36 hours) we count and the majority votes detremines our home thread system.

Vote as follows: I vote for Haloscan or I vote for disqus. No yes and no answers to avoid bias in words (ha).

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:48:30 -0000

Hey Steve, I can feel your frustration and sympathize with you. I didn't say this earlier to you today but would care to now. As you well know this has been a voluminous blog with international attention and could go on for a long time. I think the change just threw all of us for a loop causing us to do a auto check we didn't wish to do. Thus our frustrations flowed overboard and perhaps not so justifiably. But, given the intensity here it probably, in hindsight of course, been a better decision to implement the new threading software with new blog entries. I would assume though that was probably not possible. It was either a universal update for all your entries or no update. I am assuming this because you said you reset the Haloscan system for all the blog entries.
What ever, I support this new software. I hope you do keep using it, especially if the developers keep improving it. They have already made changes on the fly, I see (or you did having controls I wasn't aware of) and I was most impressed that daniel ha while on line opened a thread to accept critique. This system is much better than haloscan by far. As I said for this thread it just came at the wrong time.

My vote would be to stay here. But if the others move back then I will just use both until this dies. Do please let us know if you plan to come back to this system. You have my support.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:34:04 -0000

This is my own reply to parent link http://truecrimeweblog.disq...

The dual browser mode doesn't work because the disqus software does not word wrap the browser window to fit its adjusted size.

But the dual mode works good enough to have just seen Steve's post. And I was just beginning to really appreciate this software, enough that I really hoped disqcus would continue to improve it and make it more user friendly and even add more feature.

Re: Open Thread: The Murder of Meredith Kercher

coyotewaits — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:09:22 -0000

Loz, do you really think that AK and RS could have incompetent lawyers? Could RS's father and AK's father, both who obviously must have more than adequate financial resources (not having to mortgage the house) would be allowing for incompetence in legal representation of their own children. I know RS father has been all over this case. Some pointed out today though that AK father and mother have dropped from sight, but I think I remember in a couple press reports that they were most reluctant to talk to the press. I think the only significant statement made was by the mother right after AK was detained, then the father showed up a few days later and since we have not heard from them. My take on that is dad, being from the good old USA says that silence in these cases is best. However, that doesn't sync with what AK is doing, so he obviously agrees with his daughters counsel or he has all but abandoned her.