even as dna evidence on the victim's body only pointed to one man, drifter and local drug dealer rudy gaday. separately, he was convicted of the murder. the evidence against knox remained thin, leading to an appeals court to overturn the verdict in october of 2011. >> amanda knox was wrongly convicted. >> reporter: amanda knox was free after four years in an italian jail, vowing to never return to italy. >> thank you to everyone who has believed in me. >> reporter: knox attempted to fade into normal life in seattle. she lives at home. she's changed her appearance, keeps a low social profile. on twitter she calls herself a freelance writer, writing for the west seattle herald paper. she's engaged to colin sutherland. but the criminal case in italy merely changed chapters. the acquittal overturned in 2014. the saga continuing. >> when i look at amanda knox, i see the victim of what i call the pagan scapegoating ritual. >> reporter: nina burly spent nearly a year investigating the case and has written a book. she says the salacious narrative took over the mundane looklihood that this was just

i think people felt amanda knox along with rudie gaday, 16 years for his part in the murder serving half i think they felt the three acted together in this murder. just the press really followed it here in italy, signs seemed to point to that and people are surprised for the outcome, absolutely. >> barbie nujo reporting live from rome about 1:00 in the morning. they waited through the night, through the afternoon for this relief. amanda knox has released a statement moments ago and it says in part i am tremendously relieved and grateful for the decision, the knowledge of innocence given me strength in the darkest of times. ted knox is a lawyer and joins me on the phone tonight. i know you spoke to amanda moments after the verdict. hours going by. no verdict. they're not guilty. you spoke to her. what did she say? >> thank you for having me. extraordinary legal crew. carlo and louisiana who argued success with the appeal today. for amanda it was an emotionally filled transendent joy. heartfelt kpubexration. >> transendent joy. >> possibly 30 more years in jail, exfra digs fight. that's wh

then convicted in 2009, even after dna evidence on the victim's body only pointed to one man, rudy gaday was convicted of the murder. the evidence against knox remained thin, leading to an appeals court to overturn the verdict in october of 2011. >> amanda knox was wrongly convicted. >> reporter: amanda knox was free after four years in an italian jail, vowing to never return to italy. >> thank you to everyone who has believed in me. >> reporter: knox attempted to fade into normal life in seattle. she's changed her appearance, keeps a low social profile. she calls herself a free throw lance writ-- freelance writer. but the case merely changed chapters. the acquittal overturned in 2014. the saga continuing. >> when i look at her, i see the victim of what i call the pagan scapegoating ritual. >> reporter: nina hurley spent a year investigating the case. she says the salacious narrative took over the mundane looklihood that this was just a burglary gone wrong. >> there were mistakes made early on. like many prosecutors and many police around the world, not just in italy, when they make a mi