The door was kicked in by a friend of Romanelli, and the body of Kercher, who had been stabbed and died from exsanguination due to neck wounds, was discovered on the floor.
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. Knife wounds leading to blood loss and suffocation 
