(CNN) Almost exactly a year since Jayme Closs was kidnapped and her parents killed, the 13-year-old says she's happy to be back home and doing what she enjoys.

"I really want to thank everyone for all of the kindness and concern that people all over the country have shown me," she said in a statement to ABC News

The teenager said she was "very happy to be home and getting back to the activities that I enjoy."

"I love hanging out with all of my friends and I feel stronger every day," Jayme said in her statement.

On October 15 last year, a 21-year-old man barged into the young girl's Barron, Wisconsin, home, shot both of her parents and then held Jayme captive for 88 days.

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