Former US exchange student Amanda Knox, back in Seattle after being acquitted in the slaying of her British roommate in Italy and then being convicted again in absentia, got engaged last week to a rock musician she has known since middle school, US media reported.

Two sources close to Knox, who is 27, confirmed the engagement to Reuters but were unable to provide details.

According to a Seattle Times newspaper column, Knox is engaged to Colin Sutherland, whom she has known since her school days and moved to Seattle from New York, though no date has been set for the wedding. The columnist said Sutherland wrote to her while she was in prison.

ABC News, citing Knox’s father, also reported the engagement.

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