Bloody Print Reveals New Suspect
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Italian police have named the fourth suspect they are hunting over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, say reports.
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Rudy Hermann, 21, is from the Ivory Coast and has previous convictions for drug dealing and petty theft.
The development comes after a bloody fingerprint was found in the flat in Perugia where Meredith, 21, was killed, and another on toilet paper.
The print does not match the three people being held in custody.
Meredith's American flatmate Amanda Knox, 20, Knox's Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 23, and Congolese bar owner Diya "Patrick" Lumumba, 38 are detained.
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Meredith's throat was cut
Prosecutors believe the Leeds University exchange student from Coulsdon, Surrey, whose body was found on November 2, was sexually assaulted and murdered after refusing to take part in an extreme sex game.
Lawyers for the three suspects - who deny any involvement - said they hoped news of the fourth suspect could result in their clients' release.
Sollecito's lawyer, Tiziano Tedeschi, said the lead on the pillowcase traces was "good news".
"This is the first suspect, not the fourth," he said.
"They (prosecutors) didn't want to find the truth; they wanted to close the case."
