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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Cleared on appeal, Amanda Knox returns home to Seattle | 04 Oct 2011 Fox says can't afford more "Simpsons" without cuts | 04 Oct 2011 Hank Williams Jr. apologies - again for comments 04 Oct 2011 Controversial "Playboy Club" first victim of TV season 04 Oct 2011 New Apple iPhone fails to wow investors, fans | 04 Oct 2011 Discussed 345 Exclusive: Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks 222 About 400 arrested in Wall Street protest 123 Senate takes first step on China yuan bill Watched Universe speeding up discovery wins Nobel Physics Tue, Oct 4 2011 Knox arrives in Seattle, says "thank you" Tue, Oct 4 2011 New iPhone fails to impress Tue, Oct 4 2011 Cleared on appeal, Amanda Knox returns home to Seattle Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Knox lawyer says team is ready for highest appeal Tue, Oct 4 2011 Kercher's family looks for answers after Knox freed Tue, Oct 4 2011 Analysis: Knox case shines spotlight on Italian police methods Tue, Oct 4 2011 Analysis & Opinion Two sides of a living God The future of journalism in the UK Related Topics U.S. » World » Italy » Related Video Knox arrives in Seattle, says "thank you" Tue, Oct 4 2011 Knox leaves Rome airport Kercher family look for answers after Knox cleared Knox saga disappoints some Perugians Knox leaves prison a free woman 1 of 29. Amanda Knox (C) holds hands with her mother Edda Mellas (L) and her younger sister Deanna Knox (R) at a news conference at Sea-Tac International Airport, Washington after landing there on a flight from Italy, October 4, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Anthony Bolante By Laura L. Myers and Deepa Babington SEATTLE/PERUGIA | Tue Oct 4, 2011 10:55pm EDT SEATTLE/PERUGIA (Reuters) - Amanda Knox returned home to Seattle on Tuesday, one day after an Italian court cleared the 24-year-old college student of murder and freed her from prison. A plane carrying Knox, who grew up in the close-knit West Seattle neighborhood where both of her divorced parents still live, landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport shortly after 5 p.m. local time. Knox wiped away tears as she spoke to a throng of reporters at the airport minutes after she stepped off the plane. "They are reminding me to speak in English because I'm having trouble with that," Knox, 24, said in brief remarks. "I'm really overwhelmed right now. I was looking down from the airplane and it seemed like everything wasn't real." A former University of Washington student, Knox thanked "everyone who has believed in me, who has defended me," during her ordeal. "I just want my family. That's the most important thing to me right now, and I just want to go be with them." Anne Bremner, a Seattle defense attorney and spokeswoman for Friends of Amanda Knox, said that, according to her family, Knox was looking forward to having a backyard barbecue, being outside in the grass, playing soccer and seeing old friends. "Just normal things that you would want to do after being in prison for four years for a crime you didn't do," she said. Knox sobbed on hearing that the court had overturned her 2009 conviction for murdering her housemate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, in what prosecutors have said was a drug-fueled sexual assault. Also cleared was her former boyfriend, Rafaele Sollecito, leaving Ivorian drifter Rudy Guede as the only person convicted in a killing which investigators believe was carried out by more than one person. Kercher's half-naked body was found, with more than 40 wounds and a deep gash in her throat, in the apartment she shared with Knox in Perugia, where both were studying. The trial gripped attention on both sides of the Atlantic. There was an outpouring of sympathy and outrage from many in the United States who regarded Knox as an innocent girl caught in the clutches of a medieval justice system. PROSECUTOR TO APPEAL The Italian prosecutor has announced he intends to appeal Knox's acquittal to Italy's highest appellate court, Corte Suprema di Cassazione, which can only review technical errors that occurred in the lower courts. In Italy, an acquittal becomes final only after all judicial avenues have been pursued. In this case, that would mean the Corte Suprema would have to either affirm or decline to hear the appeal. If the Corte Suprema overturns the acquittal, it could reinstate the original murder charges against Knox, which would allow prosecutors to seek her extradition from the United States under a treaty between the two countries. Considering the controversy surrounding the case, legal experts say there likely would be a heated diplomatic dispute before the U.S. would agree to extradite Knox. Kercher's family has refrained from criticizing Knox or Sollecito but has said repeatedly that Meredith has been forgotten in the media frenzy. Kercher's sister Stephanie said after the trial "the biggest disappointment (is) not knowing still and knowing that there is someone or people out there who have done this." Knox's supporters cheered, cried and hugged on Monday at the news that she had been released. Her home, framed by Puget Sound waters on three sides, is one of Seattle's oldest neighborhoods and is known for its strong sense of community. Evan Hundley, head of the private Explorer Middle School, where Knox attended sixth, seventh and eighth grades, described West Seattle as "a city within a city. "When something happens here, it's big news," Hundley said. "We're a strong neighborhood." Hundley said students whooped with delight during the school's daily student assembly on Monday when the news of Knox's release was announced. WELL-LIKED IN HER HOME TOWN Knox won the school's first Manvel Schauffler Award, named after a founder of the school, which has about 100 students who pay an annual average tuition of about $15,000, said Debbie Ehri, the school's business manager, who knew Knox. "It was our first award for our most outstanding student. Amanda was an academically strong student. She was genuinely a lovely, kind and talented student," Ehri told Reuters. "Teachers absolutely adored her. She was just delightful to have in class," she said. "She was caring, not only with her studies, but she was a kind, lovely girl." Knox also attended Seattle Preparatory School, a small Jesuit high school, graduating in 2005. The school organized letter-writing campaigns on her behalf and fund-raising efforts to help pay for her defense. "She should be free, it's really sad that she was in prison for four years," 47-year-old Cora Ploetz said at the Westwood Village shopping center, a few miles from the home of Curt Knox, Amanda's father. Her friend, Ken Iverson, said he felt relief for Knox. "I was under the impression it was like the Inquisition," Iverson, 63, said of the court proceedings. "She has earning power now that she is free," said Candace Dempsey, Seattle-based author of "Murder in Italy," one of around a dozen books that have ben written on the case. "She can write a book and she can certainly help her family pay back the bills" they incurred in her defense, and on their prolonged visits to Italy. (Additional reporting by Nicole Neroulias in Seattle, Noleen Walder in New York and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Greg McCune and Todd Eastham) U.S. World Italy Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (1) chalchi wrote: There was a person killed…right? May be a robot did the killing… may be!!! Can Amanda make eye contact with us (americans) and say she has nothing to do with that? I do not know. I am just questioning. She is not the first woman crying (Casey)to get away…she will be not the last one. Women has that advantage…just cry and you will be okay. Specially if she is good looking…so pleople gets moved. Law was made to protect crying women guilty or not. They are women…!!! Oct 05, 2011 2:54am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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