Knox losing weight awaiting verdict, father says
- 13 years ago
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STORY: Jailed American student Amanda Knox is anxious but hopeful of walking free from the Italian prison where she has been held for the murder of her roommate in an Italian university town nearly four years ago, her father said.
Knox, from Seattle, is serving a 26-year jail term after being found guilty along with her Italian ex-boyfriend of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia during an orgy that turned violent.
A verdict in her appeals trial is days away.
"She has definitely lost some weight, it's tough for her to sleep," said her father, Curt Knox, who has been in court daily as the appeals trial draws to a close.
"If you put yourself in her shoes where in a matter of days a judge and jury are going to decide what happens to your life, I don't know if I'd sleep very well either."
Knox's hopes of going home have been boosted by a forensics review that discredited key DNA evidence used to secure a conviction, and her family have been conducting a tireless and well organized public relations campaign on her behalf.
Curt Knox said his family hoped to one day reach out to the family of Kercher, who was on a year-long exchange program in Italy when she was killed.
STORY: Jailed American student Amanda Knox is anxious but hopeful of walking free from the Italian prison where she has been held for the murder of her roommate in an Italian university town nearly four years ago, her father said.
Knox, from Seattle, is serving a 26-year jail term after being found guilty along with her Italian ex-boyfriend of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia during an orgy that turned violent.
A verdict in her appeals trial is days away.
"She has definitely lost some weight, it's tough for her to sleep," said her father, Curt Knox, who has been in court daily as the appeals trial draws to a close.
"If you put yourself in her shoes where in a matter of days a judge and jury are going to decide what happens to your life, I don't know if I'd sleep very well either."
Knox's hopes of going home have been boosted by a forensics review that discredited key DNA evidence used to secure a conviction, and her family have been conducting a tireless and well organized public relations campaign on her behalf.
Curt Knox said his family hoped to one day reach out to the family of Kercher, who was on a year-long exchange program in Italy when she was killed.