Yes. I did. I missed this from your earlier comment (or i read it quickly):
she falsely accused the one who wasn’t there
So I misread your comment and for some reason my mind was fixated on Rudy --sorry about that! Yes, you are correct. The police used her initial confession to indict Lumumba. Lucky for me (I speak Italian) and had a chance to review her initial confession (granted it was a while back) and I recall:
She didn’t speak fluent Italian at the time. She had mentioned his name in passing and never directly involved him in the killing. She only mentioned that mayme Lumumba and Meredith had a fling if I recall? I might be misremembering --it was a while back. But I do remember she never outright accused him.
The cops took that and ran with it. Just like they did with everything else in this case. They built every indictment out of the flimsiest evidence. It seems the police were in a big rush to close this case as quickly as possible and bring it to trial.