Amanda Knox has was found dead early Sunday evening at her Seattle, Washington home. She was 29 years old.
Police responded to the Seattle home after receiving a 911 emergency call for a “unresponsive female”. Upon entering the residence, police found Knox’s deceased body in the bathroom.
Little information is known at this time and police intend to investigate the cause of death.
“We found Ms. Knox in her bathroom deceased around 7:40 pm Sunday,” said Seattle Police Chief James J. Freda in a brief statement to Local CBS News. “We found no reason to believe foul play was a factor in her death but intend to perform a full investigation.
A source who was at the scene spoke to CNN on condition anonymity due to the ongoing investigation, confirmed that Knox had left a note confessing to involvement in the murder of Meredith Kercher and asking for forgiveness.
Her parents, Edda and Curt, released a statement. “This morning, we lost our daughter and our best friend, we are completely heartbroken,” she said. “We are asking for privacy during our time of immense grief,”
Knox who spent almost four years in an Italian prison following her conviction for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a fellow exchange student who shared her apartment. In 2015, Knox was definitively acquitted by the Supreme Court of Cassation.