EXCLUSIVE: Foxy Knoxy reaches out to baby killer Lucy Letby: Amanda Knox sends prison letter and copy of her book to Britain’s most prolific child murderer as she prepares bombshell podcast ‘Doubt’

• Amanda Knox, 38, has written to serial killer Lucy Letby at HMP Bronzefield

• The American, once accused of murdering Meredith Kercher, sent Letby her book

• Knox claims she felt an ‘uncomfortable shock of recognition’ over Letby’s portrayal

• Knox and husband Christopher Robinson have spent two years investigating the case

It is a chilling collision of two of the most infamous names in modern legal history. In a move that has sent shockwaves through the British justice system, Amanda Knox—the American student famously acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher—has reached out to Britain’s most prolific child killer, Lucy Letby.

MailOnline can reveal that Knox, 38, has not only sent a private letter to the former neonatal nurse but has also gifted her a copy of her own memoir. The extraordinary gesture comes as Knox prepares to launch a bombshell 13-part podcast titled ‘Doubt: The Case of Lucy Letby’, aimed at dismantling the prosecution’s case against the woman currently serving 15 whole-life orders.

‘A Shock of Recognition’

Speaking at a screening of her new documentary Mouth of the Wolf at the Greenwich Picturehouse in South East London, Knox laid bare her motivations. She admitted that the public vilification of Letby triggered a visceral reaction within her, drawing parallels to her own ordeal in the Italian courts nearly two decades ago.

Amanda Knox at court in 2008

“When I saw how Letby was being cast as evil by the British press, I felt that uncomfortable shock of recognition,” Knox told a stunned audience.

Knox, dubbed ‘Foxy Knoxy’ during her own high-profile trial, spent four years in an Italian prison before her conviction for the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher was eventually overturned. Now, she believes she has spotted the same “rush to judgment” in the case of the Countess of Chester Hospital nurse.

“The story seemed to resolve into certainty,” Knox said. “But I know personally how fragile that kind of certainty can be. I know how factors beyond the evidence can distort our thinking and incentivise people to look for scapegoats instead of the truth.”

Meredith Kercher

The Letter Behind Bars

While Knox stopped short of confirming she has spoken directly to Letby, she admitted to initiating a relationship with the killer through the prison mail system.

“I did send her a copy of my book. I wrote her a letter,” Knox confirmed. “It’s been a very interesting, eye-opening experience to investigate her case.”

The 38-year-old mother-of-two has reportedly been working on the project for two years alongside her husband, Christopher Robinson. The couple even made a secret pilgrimage from London to Chester to conduct “boots on the ground” research, interviewing those connected to the neonatal unit where seven infants were murdered and seven more were nearly killed between 2015 and 2016.

But the outreach didn’t stop at the prison gates. Knox revealed she has also written to Letby’s parents, John and Susan, who have remained steadfast in their belief in their daughter’s innocence throughout the harrowing trial.

Police outside the flat where Meredith Kercher was found dead

A Quest for ‘Truth’ or Misplaced Sympathy?

The move is certain to cause immense distress to the families of Letby’s victims. For many, the idea of a high-profile figure like Knox championing the cause of a woman convicted of such heinous crimes is nothing short of “repugnant.”

Letby’s crimes—which involved injecting babies with air, overfeeding them with milk, and poisoning them with insulin—led to the longest trial in British history. Despite Knox’s claims of a “scapegoat” narrative, the Court of Appeal dismissed Letby’s application to appeal in May 2024, ruling that the original convictions were safe.

However, Knox remains undeterred, casting herself as a uniquely qualified observer of the legal system.

“I like to remind people that I was an indirect victim of crime before I became a victim of the criminal justice system,” she told the audience in Greenwich. “I’m absolutely invested in getting the right people held accountable. I actually might be a very valuable and fair juror.”

Amanda Knox has written to Lucy Letby in jail

The ‘Doubt’ Podcast

The upcoming iHeartRadio podcast, Doubt, promises to be an “unflinching look” at the evidence used to convict Letby. Knox claims the focus is not on Letby’s character, but on the “facts” that she believes the public has missed.

Critics have already pointed out the vast differences between the two cases. While DNA evidence and forensic failures eventually cleared Knox in Italy, the case against Letby was built on a mountain of circumstantial evidence, including “confession” Post-it notes and complex medical data.

As Knox prepares to air her 13-episode investigation, the public outcry is mounting. For a woman who fought so hard to clear her name of a singular murder, her decision to align herself with a woman found guilty of 14 counts of murder and attempted murder is a gamble that could redefine her legacy—or destroy it.

For now, the letters sit in Letby’s cell, a haunting link between two women who, for very different reasons, became the most talked-about defendants of their generations.