Gaps in the “Burglar interrupted” theory

Amanda Knox’s advocates have long argued that Guede was robbing the place when he was interrupted by Meredith who arrived home at ~9:00 pm. The argument is that Guede killed and sexually assaulted Meredith at that time. They have repeatedly posted timelines arguing this point.

Meredith’s cell phones were found in a garden north of the city the next day; they had obviously been taken from the house and thrown down the hillside. Cell tower evidence shows that by midnight, Meredith’s phones had been taken. But cell tower evidence ALSO shows that Meredith’s phones were still in the area of the cottage at about 10:00 pm. Three separate connections confirm this; the first was to Meredith’s voicemail at ~9:50pm; the last was a failed call to the top entry on Meredith’s phone list at ~10:10pm.

Additionally, a witness testified running into a black man on the stairs of the garage across the street from the cottage at about 10:30pm.

If Guede was “burglar interrupted,” he would therefore have been in Meredith’s house for over an hour after she was murdered. And in the hour and a half he remained in the house after murdering Meredith he never flushed the toilet, leaving evidence of his presence at the house that night.

Below is a visual timeline of the theory that Guede was a “burglar interrupted,” who killed Meredith when she arrived home at about 9:00pm.

8:40 pm Guede breaks in and ransacks Filomena’s bedroom
8:50 PM Guede uses the bathroom
9:00 pm Meredith arrives home and interrupts Guede while he is on the toilet.; he doesn’t flush the toilet
9:10 PM Ten minutes after arriving home, Meredith is murdered. Guede remains in the cottage.
9:20 pm After killing Meredith, Guede remains in cottage. Ten minutes have passed since the murder.
9:30 pm After killing Meredith, Guede remains in cottage. Twenty minutes have passed since the murder.
9:40 pm After killing Meredith, Guede remains in cottage. Thirty minutes have passed since the murder.
9:50 pm After killing Meredith, Guede remains in cottage. Forty minutes have passed since the murder.
10:00 pm After killing Meredith, Guede remains in cottage. Fifty minutes have passed since the murder. Guede never flushes the toilet.
10:10 pm Meredith’s final cell phone ping from the tower covering the cottage. After killing Meredith, Guede remains in cottage. One hour passed since the murder.
10:20 pm After killing Meredith, Guede remains in cottage. An hour and ten minutes have passed since the murder.
~10:25 pm After being at Meredith’s house for an hour and ten minutes after the murder, Guede flees, leaving his excrement in the toilet.
10:30 pm A witness runs into a black man running in a direction away from the cottage, on the bottom of the steps at the carpark across from the cottage. An hour and twenty minutes have passed since the murder.
Midnight: Meredith’s cell phones ping in a garden located in a direction away from the city center. Three hours have passed since the murder.
2:00 am Guede is seen dancing at a discotheque. Five hours have passed since the murder.