Early Life
Born in the United States of Italian and Jewish parents, Magnanti was born and grew up in Clearwater, Florida. She graduated from the private Clearwater Central Catholic High School, where she became a National Merit Scholar, in 1992.
She entered university at the age of 16, going on to receive a B.S. in 1996 from Florida State University. While studying there, she was raped, which she later revealed in an interview with Grazia magazine in 2012. After her parents divorced, in her 20's her father revealed to her that he had slept with over 150 prostitutes, some of whom who he also introduced her to; the pair have been estranged ever since.
Relocating to the United Kingdom, Magnanti studied for a master's degree in genetic epidemiology, and Ph.D. in forensic science from the University of Sheffield in England. The Ph.D. thesis was submitted in 2003 and doctorate awarded in 2004.
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