Claim: The door was kicked in by a friend of Romanelli, and the body of Kercher, a British student on exchange from the University of Leeds who had been stabbed and died from exsanguination due to neck wounds, was discovered on the floor.
Evidence: Knife wounds leading to blood loss and suffocation Meredith Susanna Cara Kercher (28 December 1985 – 1 November 2007) was a British student on exchange from the University of Leeds who was murdered at the age of 21 in Perugia, Italy. Instead, Romanelli's male friend forced the door open at around 1:15 p.m., and the body of Kercher was found inside, lying on the floor, covered by a duvet.