The realtors for the Perugia, Italy home that Meredith Kercher was killed in are struggling to sell the home, and have been forced to slash the price more than $100,000 to try to woo potential buyers.
Kercher was killed by American student Amanda Knox, her boyfriend Rafael Sollecito, and another man, Rudy Guede.
The original price of the home was just over $630,000--but realtors have cut down the price to just over $520,000.
The villa is owned by retiree Aldalia Tattanelli.
Recently, the eight tenants in the home nearly died from a carbon monoxide leak, prompting Tattanelli to sell.
“The owner of the property really wants to sell the house,” a Perugian agent for Tecnocasa real estate agency, which is handling the sale, told Radar Online. “But it has not been easy to find potential buyers who are willing to overlook the fact that a brutal murder took place there.”
“The owner is adamant that everything possible be done to discourage anyone in the realtor’s office from saying a word about the murder, even though it is next to impossible to hide that fact,” the agent said. “The owner hates the negative association her property has with the Meredith connection and really just wants to be free of the place now.”
The property is described as being in “outstanding condition.”
“Frankly,” the source said, “this is a tough sell in an already tough real estate market.”
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