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"Amanda Knox has said goodbye to Italy -- and imprisonment -- at last.\r\nAfter Monday&amp;apos;s dramatic ruling in an Italian appeals court -- the 24-year-old was exonerated in the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher -- Knox was spotted catching a flight out of Rome&amp;apos;s Leonardo daVinci airport.\r\n\r\nAlong with her parents Kurt and Edda Knox, she is reportedly bound for her hometown of Seattle, Washington.\r\nThe suddenly-free young woman wrote of her gratitude in a letter to the Italy-US Foundation, thanking those &amp;quot;who shared my suffering and helped me survive with hope...Those who wrote, those who defended me, those who were close, those who prayed for me,&amp;quot; she wrote before signing off, &amp;quot;I love you, Amanda.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFollowing her emotional Monday court appeal, Knox&amp;apos;s ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was also freed in the murder case.  Before heading out of the country, Knox spent Monday night with her mom and was &amp;quot;calm, at ease,&amp;quot; her lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova told CNN Tuesday.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re thankful that Amanda&amp;apos;s nightmare is over,&amp;quot; Knox&amp;apos;s sister, Deanna, said shortly after the ruling. &amp;quot;She suffered for four years for a crime she did not commit.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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