The problem is that finding Guede’s semen inside Meredith is not evidence against the hypothesis “Guede and Knox murdered Meredith”. Guede’s already been caught, too. So now the question is whether to devote any of our remaining attention to trying to catch Knox, and the insufficient/disconfirmatory evidence for this fails to surpass the prior implausibility of the conspiracy hypothesis—it has nothing to do with how hard Guede was caught.
I’ve read elsewhere this was a manual rape—still leaves DNA inside but not necc. semen.
Manual rape? I’m not familiar with that term and a meaning fitting those criteria (DNA but not semen) isn’t obvious. I can only assume that ‘manual’ refers to, well, the last part of it. I wouldn’t have expected that kind of rape if murder was going to be on the cards and I would also expect semen around somewhere, showing up with luminol. So perhaps something else is meant.
The problem is that finding Guede’s semen inside Meredith is not evidence against the hypothesis “Guede and Knox murdered Meredith”. Guede’s already been caught, too. So now the question is whether to devote any of our remaining attention to trying to catch Knox, and the insufficient/disconfirmatory evidence for this fails to surpass the prior implausibility of the conspiracy hypothesis—it has nothing to do with how hard Guede was caught.
Are you sure semen was found? I’ve read elsewhere this was a manual rape—still leaves DNA inside but not necc. semen.
Nope, not sure offhand.
Manual rape? I’m not familiar with that term and a meaning fitting those criteria (DNA but not semen) isn’t obvious. I can only assume that ‘manual’ refers to, well, the last part of it. I wouldn’t have expected that kind of rape if murder was going to be on the cards and I would also expect semen around somewhere, showing up with luminol. So perhaps something else is meant.
One meaning of ‘manual’ is ‘of or relating to the hands’. I’m guessing that’s what’s meant here.