For the past several weeks as the appeal by Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito have wound through the courts, the family of the Meredith Kercher, the victim in this highly controversial case, has begged all who would listen to remember Meredith. They have spoken lovingly of their lost daughter and decried the fact that Meredith “has been forgotten.”
Just two weeks ago, Meredith’s sister Stephanie wrote a letter to the family’s Italian lawyer Francisco Maresca which was immediately turned over to the press. Stephanie is quoted in the letter; “All those who are reading and writing about this case, please remember our beautiful Meredith.” I empathize with her; Meredith was truly beautiful and should be remembered. “We have not forgotten her,” she said in the anguished missive, “And we will continue our fight with the support of our lawyer Francesco Maresca.” (Why she said that in a letter addressed to Maresca causes one pause.)
Later in the correspondence to her Maresca, Stephanie continues; “In the midst of all this….Meredith has been forgotten…and so everything should be for her….”
Today, someone had little heed for those anguished words. There were more important things than the memory of Meredith Kercher to one person this afternoon....read more
http://gmancasefile.blogspot.com/2011/09/is-this-really-still-about-meredith.html
