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October 6, 2011 in Region
Amanda Knox ‘running on adrenalin’ in Seattle
SEATTLE — Amanda Knox hasn’t slept much since arriving back in Seattle after four years in an Italian prison, her father said today.
“I think she’s literally running on adrenalin right now, because she hasn’t slept very much — hardly at all. I think she’s so joyful to be around her family and kind of reconnect with everybody,” Curt Knox to KOMO Radio.
She’s taking things one day at a time.
“It is going to take some time before we figure out what that new normal will be,” he said.
The 24-year-old former University of Washington student and her family left Italy immediately after an appeals court threw out her conviction in the slaying of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, where both were studying abroad.
Amanda Knox occasionally slips back into speaking Italian, Curt Knox told “Good Morning America” earlier Thursday.
“It has become really almost her first language since she’s been in prison so long, but she seems to be moving to English,” he said.
She was overwhelmed by her release from prison and the large number of reporters who awaited her arrival at Sea-Tac Airport on Tuesday. The family has not yet decided on whether to seek counseling for her.
“We’re going to take it on a day-by-day basis and see how she continues to react and kind of blend back in to just being a regular person outside of prison. It’s a big concern of mine if there’s any traumatic circumstances that arise later on,” he said.
One of the things Amanda Knox said she would do when she got out of prison was to lay in the grass.
“She has and it’s been very nice to watch her do it,” he said. “It’s the little things that she hasn’t had a chance to do in the last four years that really make it worthwhile and really kind of get her reconnected again.”
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yourkiddingme on October 06 at 9:49 a.m.
Holy crap, lets just allow her to get on with her life. Im sure their is more important news to report on
avocet on October 06 at 9:55 a.m.
Agreed. Enough already.
Al_Loysius on October 06 at 11:30 a.m.
Agreed. She got away with murder and I don’t want to read about her anymore. She and Casey Anthony can go off incognito somewhere and share notes.
jdodgion on October 06 at 11:33 a.m.
Let Amanda be Amanda, let her be what she wants to be.
de3 on October 06 at 11:51 a.m.
Yes, enough. But this coverage is intended to distract us from real news like the Thompson trial or that pesky Depression afflicting the country.
Shadedmuse on October 06 at 1:33 p.m.
Ph My Gaws Day three. time to move on and let Amanda take in a Sea-chicken game after all when was the last time she saw a football game Eh? This is as bad as OJ. its OJ all over again. both the LA and italy Prosecuters get their training from teh Nanxy Grace school of law of Incompantance.