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Knox case is also investigating the ashley olsen case. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> cnn contributor barbie is an american journalist who has been based in italy for 20 years and has written a book about the amanda knox case. she joins me from rome. is there any information on who the suspect is in >> its really sketchy information right now. we understand from every italian media outlet right now that theyve arrested an african. weve got several italian media outlets saying hes from senegal but...

Italian investigator that headed up the knox case is also invest gating the ashley olson case. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> cnn contributor barbie is an american wrote a book about the amachine amanda knox case. >> its really sketchy information. they said they have arrested an african. we got several italian media outlets saying hes from synagogue but no way to confirm that until hes delivered to the police station in florence and as we see now, hes en route being interrogated somewhere else o...

Italian press was starting to paint olsen as a party girl. now that the autopsy report is out, has that changed at all? are they backing off? >> well, no, in fact, its getting worse because the autopsy details one by one whether she had sex before she died, whether she had any drugs or alcohol in her system. all those details that come out paint, you know, a picture in the eyes of the press but actually they are just pieces of a puzzle we cant possibly know what should look like because shes dea...

Handled the knox case. >> thats exactly right. this is the investigator when he arrested amanda knox for the murder said case close, which wasnt the case because that lasted over seven years before they exonerated amanda knox definitively. >> certainly lets hope hes learned some lessons there. appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. coming up, another live hour after "360" and reports ted cruz got more than $1 million from goldman sachs from his senate campaign but did not disclose it. well ha...

Like the killer used a rope or something like that. foreigners in italy say they are now concerned it could become another amanda knox-style case, long, drawnout legal nightmare. the victim was ashley olsen. she had been living in florence for three years. she died sometime on friday or saturday. her friends say they last saw her early friday at a popular nightclub, so overnight. investigators questioned her boyfriend. they say they have no suspects at all. it was 2007, she was studying in italy...

Million book deal. on march 25th an italian court will decide whether or not shes guilty, but its unlikely shell end up back in italy either way. our next guest, journalist nina burley, spent ten months in italy researching the knox case. welcome. ten months in italy sounds fantastic. so thats great. but why is the court taking a third whack at this? is there new information that theyre wrestling with? >> well you would think theres new information, but there isnt. she was convicted at the trial...

and emotional verdict tonight. an italian night sets amanda knox free. heres the scene inside the courtroom. >> translator: on behalf of the italian people, after having examined section 6 and 5 of the criminal procedure code -- >> as the verdict was read, knox broke down, hugged her attorneys, then was rushed from the courthouse. she and her one-time boyfriend have been in jail since 2007 when they were arrested for the brutal murder of knoxs british roommate. they were convicted of m...

Prosecutors are asking for a life sentence. defense lawyers are saying there is not a shred of evidence linking them to the crime. there is so much at stake right now. she could be back to the united states as early as fuss. one other possibility, another extended stay there in the capani prison and lots of in between room. court watchers talking about where everybody saves face, not totally exonerated but is let off on the time served. it will be interesting to see how she does in court when sh...