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Amanda Knox, right, is comforted by her mother, Edda Mellas, center, and offered water by her father, Curt Knox, looks on as they wait to talk to reporters, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Seattle. Knox was freed Monday after an Italian appeals court threw out her murder conviction for the death of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher.

Tearful homecoming, Amanda Knox back in Seattle

SEATTLE — Amanda Knox arrived home in Seattle on Tuesday and in a halting voice nearly choked with emotion told the people who supported her fight to overturn her Italian murder conviction: "Thank you for being there for me."

The British Airways jet carrying Knox landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport about 5:09 p.m., one day after an Italian court cleared the 24-year-old college student of murder and freed her after nearly four years in prison.

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