That. She loved skiing, sailing, and friends. She was extremely outgoing. A wonderful life that came to a tragic end on a warm summer night. Her life had ended, but our story was just beginning. Her killer had not been caught. But, the trail grew cold, the file forgotten until decades later, someone dusted it off. The whole goal of this case was trying to see the thing that was hiding in plain sight. There were clues, mysterious weapon made of wire, a wedding invitation, a midnight sale to nowhere. Were they enough to catch a killer . I was 100 confident he was our guy. Now, the showdown. A determined prosecutor against the famed Defense Lawyer who helped set o. J. Simpson free. After 35 years, was it finally time for justice . He was alone in his makeshift workshop. Had to be for what he intended. Carefully, he cut lengths of a broom handle, two of them, just a few inches each. Send them down, drilled a hole in each one, found a piece of wire to string between them. Too thin. He doubled it for strength. His perfect weapon for his perfect crime. Outside in the brilliant sunshine, it was the summer of 1979. A. I. D. S. Had not happened to us yet, nor the internet, nor cell phones nor a way to read dna. All of those things were still years away. Everybody word about three mile island, the iranian Hostage Crisis was still months away. And, in Southern California in the summer of 75, in a beach town that clings to the coast of l. A. , twentysomethings came from all over to work, to play, to practice in art as old as humans, mating. The area had a ski club. Snow skiing, waterskiing, volleyball. All sorts of outdoor activities. Richard frank was 32 that summer. He published an independent Community Newspaper but on weekends we did bus trips and guys are trying to meet girls and hit on people. One woman in particular cut richards eye. We had a thing called snow queen and she was running for snow queen and did not win but she was a very outgoing, gregarious almost tomboy kind of person. Attractive. Her name was lynn knight, a neonatal nurse. She was a beautiful person. She was jim carrey before jim carrey was ever around. She did the goofy stuff and everywhere, people would be in stitches. Nurses, whether funny and beautiful or not, were in great demand in the 70s. Lynn could have gone anywhere or stayed close to home. Like her sister, donna, also a nurse, also chose to do. I had such difficulty when she was going to go to california. I did not want her to go. But, she did. Moved into a tiny Studio Apartment tacked onto the back of somebodys garage here in Suburban Torrance and signed on at a hospital called Little Company of mary and went to work with the smallest patients of all, the most vulnerable, premature babies. She took her job very seriously. She would arrive early. She would do double shifts. Worked hard and played hard. She would work midnight shift then sleep for three or four hours then she would be gone, and scuba diving, marathoning, running. You name it, she was the most incredible tomboy ever. One more thing, she love the company of men. Many of them, perhaps most of them were just friends, some more than that. A number of them were racquetball players or skiers or whatever, so she had a lot of male friends because she was competitive. They were more friends than they were romantic partners . Yeah, she went out really with professionals and good looking professionals and that, of course, she met Richard Frank. We hit it off pretty quickly. We dated pretty heavily for a couple of months. It could be confusing, of course, for richard. Not many young women with as many male friends has hovered around lynne, her sweethearts, as she called them. One of the things was trying to find out where i fit in her life. But, with richard, as lynne told her sister, it was romance. Was she perhaps a little too intense for richards 30year old single self . Yes, she was. It was a little too much in the beginning. Even her sister, donna, said that so i kind of cut it off. She was just a little going too fast . Yeah. But, love has a way of circling back. Per the end of that summer of 79 after theyd been apart for a little while, they ran into each other again on a waterskiing trip. I saw her and started talking and we decided okay, lets go out. It was like for me, was is this the one that got away. And then it was august 29th, a warm summer evening outside lynnes little Studio Apartment. Quiet, calm, not a breath of wind. Lynne was cooking chinese food. She had company, a male friend who had come for dinner, a male friend who was not Richard Frank. No, this was an exboyfriend named joe. After dinner, lynne and joe drank some wine and then at 11 30 or so, he left and lynne went to bed. Early shift at the hospital. Outside, the street was silent. Wednesday ticked into thursday. That is when the neighbors heard it. A highpitched scream. And, it came from Lynne Knights little apartment. Coming up. My whole world crashed in. 35 years later, the scene of that apartment would still leave a hardened detective in tears. When dateline continues. Blistering rash that can last for weeks. Ahhh, theres nothing like a day out with friends. Thats nice, but shingles doesnt care 99 of adults 50 years or older already have the virus that causes shingles inside them, and it can reactivate at any time. A perfect day for a Family Outing guess what . Shingles doesnt care. But shingrix protects. Only shingrix is proven over 90 effective. Shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. Shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. An increased risk of guillainbarre syndrome was observed after getting shingrix. Fainting can also happen. 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No wonder, the victim had been stabbed more than a dozen times. Pointing toward what . Rage, a desire to see this particular individual good ended. But, there was another set of wounds detectives could not quite figure out at first, deep cuts on her neck which may have explained the horrifying sound that woke up lynnes neighbors. How did they describe that screen . A squeal. A loud squeal. After he heard that, said a neighbor, he caught a glimpse of a man who mightve been the killer, a slender young man with dark, curly hair. Not much to go on. He looked at the back of the suspect as he ran down the driveway into the street carrying something, a small satchel. It could not have been much inside that little black bag because very little was taken from lynnes apartment, only her wallet, her keys, and one particular piece of jewelry. She had a necklace on with a pendant. At the scene we found the broken clasp and pendant, but no chain. But, the killer left something of his own behind, something detectives did not notice until the coroner moved lynnes body. It appeared to be a homemade device used to strangle a victim. It cut off portions of what appeared to be a broom or mop handle and a piece of wire. Going between the two . Yes. There was a great deal of planning involved. It was a homemade garrotte. A garrotte . Detective gary hilton had not seen one of those since he served in vietnam, but now he understood why lynnes neck was cut so deeply. Did he actually put it around her neck . Yes. For overkill. That would be an understatement. Then it was time for what was perhaps the most difficult part of all of this, making the phone call to lynnes family in stratford, ontario, a family which until that very moment had assumed that their precocious daughter was perfectly safe Saving Babies in los angeles. Lynnes sister, donna, who was just getting off her shift in a Toronto Hospital i got a call from my brother inlaw who was gulping for air and practically out of his skin and he said that i hate to have to tell you, but lynne has been stabbed to death, and it was like it was such a sad day. Its not something you ever would expect to hear, no matter what. No. It was like my whole world crashed in and that was it. It was life altering. Life has never ever been the same since. Donna was 26, only recently out of nursing school. 35 years later, the pain lingers. How do you even take a thing like that in . You dont. It is like totally out of body. You go into shock. It is like also a great big hole in your chest. Who wouldve done such a thing to lynne, the kind and compassionate nurse, not an enemy in the world . But then before dawn, a concrete lead. Police saw someone suspicious running in lynnes neighborhood, the same guy the neighbors saw . The suspect was seen running from the location carrying a black bag. They picked him up and by the look of it, with blood literally on his hands. Coming up, a clue found in the strangest place. I saw this wedding invitation crumbled up in the trash. When dateline continues. Just like i was. Dryness and frizz could be damaged hair that cant retain moisture. New pantene miracle rescue deep conditioner, with firstofitskind melting prov pearls. Locks in moisture to repair 6 months of damage in one wash, without weigh down. Guaranteed or your money back for resilient, healthylooking hair. If you know, you know its pantene. [sneezes] can a can of lysol take care of my snotty sofa . Cando Mildewy Tiles . Cando these . Yup, its the cando can. Nothing kills more germs on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. ethan i remember seeing the Menthol Cigarette ads talking about how they were fresh and soothing. Heres my tip. Smoking any type of cigarette can cause a stroke. 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His name was gerardo juarez, and he appeared to match a description of a man seen running away from lynnes apartment so they held him for questioning, but before they got to that, they had to finish processing the crime scene in lynnes apartment. I found evidence, blood smears in the house, that looked like they were caused by gloves. Back then we did not have dna. All the blood that was found was consistent with the victim. Remember, this was 1979, years before the advent of dna. Fingerprints were still the Gold Standard back then, but only lynnes prints were identified in her apartment. The others could not be traced back to the murder and the apparent murder weapon, the garrotte, was clean, so there was planning, a lot of it, and immense brutality. But burglary . No, only small personal items were taken. Detectives were pretty sure it could mean only one thing. The suspect knew the victim. She had been targeted, and i say that because the location was quite removed from the street, was not a place where there were passersby. Someone would have to know how to go back there and reach the door. So, the detectives went back to torrance pd to talk to the possible suspect, gerardo juarez. He insisted he did not know lynne, had never even seen her, had no reason to kill her. A search of his home turned up nothing in the blood on his hands and clothes . It proved not to be blood. What was it . Couldve been Something Like paint and dirt and mud. We just simply could not tie him to the crime scene. So much for that. Gerardo juarez was released and for the moment, at least, they were nowhere. A few days after the murder, a small funeral was held in stratford, ontario. They had been planning to have dons wedding. Lynne was supposed to of been here, alive, as her sisters Maid Of Honor. They dressed her in her Maid Of Honor dress. I remember feeling such anger at whoever did that. To my sister. My parents, watching my parents grieve. But as i done to my baby . The coroners report answered some questions. An autopsy determined the garrotte did not kill lynne. She died of stab wounds, and the report revealed Something Else, traces of two Semen Samples but again, dna testing was not available back then so they could not attach identity to those Semen Samples. That is where we started a circle of friends, acquaintances, her job, anybody that knew her. Including all her former friends and boyfriends. Racquetball partners, ski buddies, work colleagues. We needed time to develop background on all of the various players so that we would have some idea what questions to ask. Anyone of them could have been the one. Anyone. Richard frank had already called the police to offer his help, and was quickly eliminated. He had an alibi. But, what about that old flame, joe g russo . He was without a doubt in lynnes apartment the night she was killed. Neighbors had seen him there even eating dinner. Neighbors told the detective she was fine when he left about midnight. He was of course somebody we had to investigate immediately. So, they took joe in for questioning. He seemed very forthcoming and if he was not concerned about what happened to lynne, he was putting on a good act. Still, the detectives noticed several cuts on his fingers. He insisted they happened at work in a lab where he dropped a test tube. He would never hurt plan, he told them. Had no reason for jealous rage. He was in a relationship with another woman and was still visiting our victim and apparently they were friends. By the time lynne was murdered, said joe, he was in bed with his girlfriend. What to make of the story . Until his alibi could be checked out, joe giarusso remained the only possible suspect. At this time when the investigation had been underway for almost two weeks, the Knight Family flew to l. A. To collect lynnes belongings. The sum of her bank was all of 18, because she paid for Scuba Diving Lessons and you name it, she just did it. She was packing in every activity should could possibly pack in, so she really lived a lot in those 28 years. But, there was one thing donna did not find. Something that was quite special to both sisters, the invitation to her upcoming wedding. And then, Detective Helton remembered he spotted it in a wastebasket, though he did not collected as evidence. I saw this wedding invitation that was crumpled up. Did not seem like a big deal . No, it was just a wedding invitation. Had her name on it and it was crumpled up in the trash. Thats when we went they wouldnt do that. My grandparents pictures were right there, their wedding pictures, so we knew something was not right and also if it was crumpled up, who would have the motive to crumple it up . Somebody who is ticked off that they were coming to this wedding. Kicked off enough to actually kill lynne knight . 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