the tabloids. now in a dramatic turn of events, amanda knox is free after being convicted of murder abroad. amanda knox is now back home here in seattle after spending nearly four years in an italian prison. she was released after appealing her murder conviction. but she remains haunted by the nightmare that began to unfold when she was just a young student. amanda knox was going into her junior year of college. her mother etta recalls amanda the fresh-faced 20-year-old intent on adventure. she was going to study abroad, going into college somewhere. she didn t know where yet. amanda would decide on perugia, italy. her sister deanna remembers when she moved into this house which she shared with three other girls, two italians and one britting student named meredith kercher. why was she so set on that apartment? i think it s because of the people really. it was close to the college and her roommates are the sweetest people in the world. but after only six weeks i