Ted S. Warren / AP
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.
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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Elaine Thompson / AP
Supporters of Amanda Knox watch a television news broadcast about her appeal as they sit in a hotel suite in downtown Seattle Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. With Italy nine hours ahead of Seattle, about a dozen friends and supporters of Knox began gathering Sunday night at a downtown hotel to watch a live feed of the courtroom and await the verdict.
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Amanda Knox (C) breaks down in tears as she is taken away after hearing the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, Italy, Oct. 3. A court overturned the 2009 murder conviction of US student Amanda Knox on Monday in Perugia, Italy, for the slaying of Briton Meredith Kercher. The court also overturned the conviction of her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. The duo were expected to be freed immediately.
Elaine Thompson / AP
Supporters of Amanda Knox react as they watch a television news broadcast about her appeal verdict from a hotel suite in downtown Seattle Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. An Italian appeals court has thrown out Knox's murder conviction and ordered the young American free after nearly four years in prison for the death of her British roommate.
Pietro Crocchioni / EPA
Amanda Knox is reflected in a computer screen as she attends court in Perugia, Italy, on Sept. 5. Knox, the US student convicted of killing her British flatmate Meredith Kercher in Italy three years ago, returned to court on Monday for an appeal hearing.
Amanda Knox's appeal trial resumed on Monday after the summer recess. A verdict is expected by the end of the month, the AP reports. Read the full story.
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Amanda Knox reacts in court before the start of a session of her appeal trial in Perugia, Italy, on July 25. Knox was sentenced in December 2009 to 26 years in prison for the 2007 killing of British student Meredith Kercher.
Keith Miller of NBC News reports from Perugia, Italy:
American college student Amanda Knox was convicted of murder based on DNA evidence, which is now being questioned by experts. NBC's Keith Miller reports.
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