Purity Knight

[janet291]

Purity Knight, age 20, was found murdered near her home. She was abducted following a stalking incident. The abductor sent investigators several notes and photographs.
A child witness found Knight while she was still alive. She gave him a note to deliver, which was found in a stolen library book.

In early March of 1997 Purity Knight and her roommate Lee Perez were the victims of a stalking incident. A neighbor, Johnny McPhail, spotted the stalker sometime before 11:00 pm in a tree in front of the apartment outside their windows. He reported seeing lights from the tree. Mr. McPhail went out to check and then pursued the suspect through the woods. The suspect was not caught. Mr. McPhail described the suspect as small built, probably about 5′8″ with a light complexion. Recovered at the scene was a 35mm camera. The developed film showed a number of photographs taken by the stalker of Ms. Knight. Several shoe prints were also found.

Subsequently, Matthew Edward Owens was identified as a suspect.

Several days after the stalking incident, Purity Knight disappeared. According to the interview with her roommate, Lee Maria Perez, she was last seen early in the morning at breakfast prior to leaving for the library and an 8:30 am class. The last person to see Ms. Knight subsequent to this, was Professor Woolworth at the University of Mississippi.

An odd answering machine message was left at the Perez and Knight apartment.

The abductor made first contact with Detective Armstrong, the lead detective on this case, on May 5, 1997. A white envelope addressed to Detective Armstrong arrived via first class mail containing a Geological Survey map. It is a torn piece from an oversize map. A note was taped to the reverse side of the map.
The second contact was a single Polaroid of Purity Knight. It was delivered via USPS on 7 May 97. Attached to the reverse of the picture was a note.

The third contact was a second Polaroid of Purity Knight delivered via USPS on 16 May 97. There was no note.

On June 9, 1997 Purity Marie Knight, (AKA Ariadne Purity Knight), was found dead, buried in a pine grove near her home. Knight was entombed alive for an undetermined time in a homemade coffin. She received air and food through an access passage.

An excerpt from the incident report prepared by Detective Armstrong follows:

Dispatch received a pay phone call from Ben Archer, 106 Fairlawn Drive, Oxford, at 6:47 AM. Archer had been out for his morning walk and reported he’d found a body in a wooden box in the woods. Officers Graham and Marlowe were on patrol at the time and picked up Archer at the pay phone. They then proceeded to the site, Archer led them to the body, which was buried in a wooded area behind Fairlawn Cemetery. Marlow radioed for backup and secured the scene. I arrived with the Forensic team at 7:06 AM.

The box had been partially uncovered by Archer and his dog. The perpetrator had apparently created a ground covering of grass, twigs, and leaves in a realistic fashion, after burial of the box. The portion of the box uncovered by Archer and his dog was positioned under the branches of a briar-like shrub. Upon peering into the opening, a grill, set into the wood, was visible about 40 inches below ground level. Through the grill, the victim’s head
could be seen.

At the crime scene, Archer described a child he saw crouched over the burial site. The child was identified as 9 year old Dylan Tull. In the days before her death, the boy attempted to assist the victim. She gave him a note, pleading for help. The note was never delivered. It was later discovered in the university library.

Pic#1- Note which Purity gave to Dylan.

Pic#2 - Map Sent to The detective.

Pic#3 - is Purity Knight when she appeared in people magazine.

Pic#4 - Purity's Body.

Pic#5 - Purity's Body.

Pic#6 - is a diagram of what the box looked like.

Pic#7 - A Knife dug in the ground. This knife showed no visible blood evidence. No blood indicated in laboratory tests.

Pic#8 - The box had an insulated lid, written on the cover are words from Edgar Allen Poe "In visions of the dark night
have dreamed of joy departed-
But a waking dream of life & light
Hath left me broken-hearted"

Pic#10 - the box - Heavy rains caused mud and water to drain into the box. The victim was covered in mud, and had apparently wrapped herself in plastic for protection from the cold and wet.
- The grid is visible below ground, with the ventilation portal attached above it.

Pic#11 - 18 sticks arranged in a neat pyramid shape. The only indication that perhaps a child had been present.

Pic#12 - are words scratched into sandstone estimated to be done one month prior, it's the initials 'PK'.

Pic#13 - words scratched into sandstone saying 'no hope'.

Pic#14 - A child witness, Dylan Tull, was discovered when counselors saw the troubling drawings he created at summer camp. The boy found the victim alive and cared for her.

Purity Knight gave Dylan Tull a note which was intercepted by a man near the crime scene. He also brought his tape deck and recorded her voice.

Pic#15-21 are from when he was stalking her.

Pic#22 Note attached to map.

Pic#23 - Second item sent to detective. This polaroid arrived in a white envelope addressed to Detective Armstrong. A note was taped to the back of the photograph.

The authenticity of the photograph is a confirmed by the victim's parents.

Pic#24 - Note which was attached to the polaroid

Pic#25 - The third item sent to detectives - the writing above her head was annalyzed and is shown in pic#26

Pic#27 is Valerie Vilson, Purity's sister who was also murdered in '95.

There is also a recording of Purity which The boy, Dylan made, I will attach the link later.

[LittleNightmare]

great job
i am now totally creeped out and disgusted by that fucker.

[iheartBTK]

what a lovely way to decimate the words of E.A. Poe.

[collaredgirl65]

What a horrible thing to do to a person. The amount of planning that went into this is just mindboggling. Very good post and info.

[BlahBertBloohHug]

Originally Posted by iheartBTK

what a lovely way to decimate the words of E.A. Poe.

Hahahah exactly what i was thinking!!!
This reminds me of a horror story =O

[canovanax]

WOW, great post, great info...this is like a nightmare out of a movie...poor girl

[iheartBTK]

so i came back and read the info.

five stars from me

[english evil]

Good post

[shedragon61]

Fake...but a good fake!

"The case of Purity Marie Knight is a fictional story that's posted on http://www.crimescene.com/purity.arc...urity_bio.html and they make people pay to find out who the murderer was. I've searched for anyone that has payed and posted the name of the fictional murderer online, but I haven't found it.

Corey Taylor the lead vocalist in Slipknot, was tricked by the site and he ended writing a song about Purity Marie Knight. When he found out that it was fictional he said:


Corey Taylor said that he was happy to hear that it is untrue but at the same time he wonders how sick a man has to be to invent such a realistic story just to shock the nation."

[janet291]

Originally Posted by shedragon61

Fake...but a good fake!

"The case of Purity Marie Knight is a fictional story that's posted on http://www.crimescene.com/purity.arc...urity_bio.html and they make people pay to find out who the murderer was. I've searched for anyone that has payed and posted the name of the fictional murderer online, but I haven't found it.

Corey Taylor the lead vocalist in Slipknot, was tricked by the site and he ended writing a song about Purity Marie Knight. When he found out that it was fictional he said:


Corey Taylor said that he was happy to hear that it is untrue but at the same time he wonders how sick a man has to be to invent such a realistic story just to shock the nation."

WHAT!!!?
Really?
Wow!