Dawn's mother is a bit over bearing and a little touched in her head, I feel sorry for the people who can't read cue cards and have to talk....so.... slow.... Just....to... Make....a.....few.....dollars.... So..... they.... Can.... pretend....to...... be.... Dawn's.....mother, that's why dawn enjoyed being on her own, momma is too controlling
her last moments in life are fucking incomprehensible, stabbed in the heart and slowly bleeding to death as you're violently conscious of the fact that you're being assaulted. I cannot even imagine the grief.
I lived in Richmond, VA and graduated from VCU her same college.. we’ve had some of the worst killers like this guy, the Briley brothers, Timothy Spencer a.k.a The Southside Strangler, the i-95 snipers, and serial killing tandem Ricky Gray and Ray Dandridge
@@warshipsatin8764 Richmond, VA is heavy in violence but it’s not necessarily gang violence. Gangs aren’t all that popular in the city, much like nearby Washington D.C where I was born n raised near. I lived in Richmond for 8 yrs so I know a great deal about the places. Crime was worse in the 80’s & 90’s generally speaking. While there are a few gangs, it’s not like Chicago or LA which are gang-riddled. There’s a ton of hard drugs like coke and heroin, and alot of ghetto and projects, and just overpopulation in general, which stems much of the violence. Homelessness is also a big issue
Any murder is bad (outside of rightful self-defense), but there's something about the murder of a young woman just minding her own business trying to become something. Why bother her? Who are they to stop her progress through life? It's awful to happen to anyone, of course, but maybe because I can understand someone who has no drama, just minding their own business, obeying the law, living their life quietly alone, trying to be something, so I feel extra resentment towards it.
I’m also terribly disappointed that this evil guy didn’t get the death penalty. One of them even said he “maybe walking the streets again someday.” It’s bad enough that he didn’t get the death penalty, but not getting life without parole is just incomprehensible.
@@maliikprior5243it was denied in 2016, but he’s still going to have other parole hearings. Don’t understand how and why it wasn’t life without parole for such a crime. 🤬
After being denied parole in July 2016, Robert Douglas Knight continues to serve his four life sentences from his conviction on June 8, 1991. He is incarcerated at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia.
As to Ms. Sweet Jo Ann and her last statement “it’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all” comes to mind. As a person who has lost much in her young life I only hope to have as much courage as she does to go on and have children. What a wise woman and may she rest in heavenly peace with her daughter. ❤️
I knew her personally. I went to school with her. I was distraught when I heard of her murder. I was personally connected to this crime and family. RIP Dawn
Why? She has every right to be angry and bitter. If more people were angry and bitter about the liberal justice system that routinely lets out sociopaths, fewer young women would be raped and murdered. I wonder about your motivations in saying you think it's just dandy that she's not angry about her dead child.
@@kindspirit-mo9nm The Lord Jesus said: *"If you do NOT forgive others of their sins, neither will The Heavenly Father forgive you of your sins."* Mark 11:26
This young lady was remarkable, like her mom. She was a go-getter...i imagine all the good things she could have accomplished.... Every murder is sad, but it hurts the most when young people die😭
I will tell the perpetrator that he should keep his hands to himself. ❤. If I were you. I would put my foot down to the perp.and serial killer. Is a type of.a crime. They think that somebody came in to rape her.
I will stay away from that door.🚪.and never open that door with a perp god forbidden 🚫 when the guy got me.if I stay outside all night all long. He would put his hand on my mouth and drag me into the van.🚐.with a.tape.
Robert Knight is still being held in the Greensville Correctional Center in Virginia. His parole was denied in 2022.. "Release at this time would diminish seriousness of crime; Serious nature and circumstances of your offense(s).; The Board concludes that you should serve more of your sentence prior to release on parole.; The Board considers you to be a risk to the community."
Unfathomable. It’s bad enough to know she died violently but to find her and have that image stuck in the mind. It should be an aggravating factor in his sentencing.
Jo Ann, her mother died on November 20, 2010. Her other daughter gave her 4 grandchildren. My daughter’s fiancé knew Dawn since 6th grade. He took her to senior prom. They were very good friends. Her death still haunts him. He said she was such a good person.
I agree..my Sister and I got our first apt together when we were 18 and 19..we were watching a movie one night and during a commercial my Sister went into the bedroom to shut the window..as soon as she opened the curtains to close them a guy was just getting ready to climb in. Thank God she decided to close them and that the commercial was on the exact right time.
After being denied parole in July 2016, Robert Douglas Knight continues to serve his four life sentences from his conviction on June 8, 1991. He is incarcerated in Virginia.
A smart person would have ground that knife into iron filings and have them scattered out of the window of a moving car. I guess an air vent was just an easier option. 😂
Yeah, I was EXTREMELY bothered by that. If it were my kid, I'd take the "rent" and invest it for her. There's no way she'd have a rapist next door. Watch how fast we get out of that lease.
I’m a 24-year-old woman - I love to listen to Forensic Files while I try to fall asleep in bed, because they’re oddly comforting to me, but THESE (stories like Dawn’s) are the episodes I tend to immediately skip. One of my biggest fears in life is being attacked in bed at night while I’m sleeping, especially when I’m home alone and my husband isn’t there beside me. Poor poor Dawn, what an unfathomably terrible way to die in so much fear and suffering. I hope for everyone in her life that loved her that they can heal from this evil somehow.
I truly truly truly pray for her mother, and I will forever keep her in my prayers... she has such a purr heart.....no parent deserves to bury thier child.....it's not even my daughter and I want him to suffer the same fate she did, but she is so pure man....God bless her sincerely....such a pure soul....
so he had a girlfriend lying beside him and he still couldn’t keep it in his pants, and got to assault and kill an innocent girl who probably didn’t even wake up from that stab. some people don’t deserve a breath of air.
From the way it looks, he got out of bed with his girlfriend to go and commit this horrendous crime, I’m very glad that the girlfriend was a big part of his undoing, I believe that he also thought that she was sound asleep when he crept out of bed, but we now know that she wasn’t.
He was on parole for rape? That means he didn't even serve the full sentence for that crime. I guess he figured he wouldn't get caught for this one if he killed her. And she had no idea what kind of monster lived in her complex. He was so scared of the Death Penalty that he pleaded GUILTY. What a disgusting human being.
The person who was on parole for burglary and attempted rape was not the one who killed Dawn. Robert Knight had prior arrests for drug possession but was not on parole.
I am a single female living alone. I am a light sleeper. I own 1 protective aggressive dog and 3 guns. One for the upstairs, one for the downstairs and one in the basement. I wish a motherf##ker would. Great forensic work guys.
Criminals that has committed murder, should not be allowed to abuse the justice system of the USA to protect themselves from receiving the death penalty. No negotiations should be entered into by any of the legal teams of these cases.
The defendant did not make the deal. The PEOPLE offered him the deal. "Admit it, plea guilty save the taxpayers the time and the money of this trial and the PEOPLE wont put you to death" For the record.... He didn't want to take the deal he wanted to die. His family begged him to take the deal
Hey mom of the victim. I’m so sorry for your horrific loss. I hope this comforts you a little. If she was stabbed in the heart, she likely died within a minute or 2 rather than the 8-10 the detective said. God bless you and your grieving family.
In this crazy word, it's not safe anymore to rent a basement or lower floor. here in spain, mostly these part of the building are hard to market even most of them are already barricaded with thick metal grills must be the bad sensation of being jailed even if it's for security reason of the tenants.
Her mother may seem calm, but we don't know anything about what she's been through, except for what she shared with this show. We don't know if she's had to take medication, whether she's sick or just exhausted from living with such a big loss and still have to be strong for her family. That's a lot for anyone. Just my opinion.
I’m glad to see this comment. I did not agree with the mom’s last statement about still having the daughter even if she knew all of this would happen to her. How selfish do you have to be to willingly bringing a child into this world knowing how awful and dangerous it is.
Dawn was murdered in such a brutal way. Her mother is very strong. This evil perpetrator got 4 life terms. He'll never walk the streets again. I do agree he deserved the death sentence. Great forensic Condolences to dawns mother. My heart goes out to her. I lost my youngest daughter to cancer 23 years ago. The only way I accept this loss is that I know that brooke was a gift from god and was lent to me for a short while. She was never mine. Rest in peace dawn.
The worst were the woodchipper (s1 e1), the girl w the JC Penny dress w specific fibers found in his Honda. Those are my faves. I almost stopped watching w the guy where they cut off his hands and that's all the ever found. Anything where animals are hurt, I'm out.
I thought about that, too. My late husband’s cat mourned a long time when he died a quiet death; I can only imagine the trauma this poor kitty went through.
A cat is a master predator. Too bad it wasn't half as useless as a Rottweiler. Rottweiler is a smart, no BS dog. Very loyal. If it wanted to, it could have attacked him
@@terancetheindomitable9701 America would be my guess, the use of her word for "mom," as "mum" notwithstanding. We have no tolerance for raping murderers in my Country.
@@terancetheindomitable9701 : I don’t live In Iran 🇮🇷 in the middle east. I live in the far east - Singapore 🇸🇬 .ֶ murderers and drug traffickers get the death sentence.
Two comments: 1) why is it that when a young woman is killed, the men involved in the case invariably say, “it’s such a shame; she’ll never get married or have children.” Yes it is a shame- of course any murder is a ‘shame!!’ But leave it at that or add in that she’ll never get to find fulfillment in her career, or pursue her passion for rock climbing etc etc. Not all women want children or marriage and even if they do, their lives are not defined by those two things, just as no man’s life is defined by parenthood and marriage. 2) Regardless of the suspect’s eventual guilty verdict, judging him for being annoyed and less cooperative every time the cops came back and then back and came back to talk to him, is kind of ridiculous. Any person would get irritated at being accused of a crime and badgered and questioned, over and over ad nauseam . I’m glad the murderer was caught but I think sometimes the investigators are a bit too quick to pin a crime on the most convenient suspect. Just my two cents. Oh, and #wewillnotgoback
There used to be social norms like starting a family and getting married which applied to both men and women but now it's much more common to pursue things like working dead end jobs making someone else money to support their big family while the worker bee makes enough for Starbucks and rock climbing trips.
@@Matcha.Tea92 no, that's not what they said. I believe that's what most people value most. That's why. Nobody ever lay on their death bed going, "I wish I'd worked more!"
I understand what the mom is saying.....but if I would know the terror, suffering & pain that my child would go through being raped while bleeding to death, would give me pause. I could not put her through that if I had a choice, that would be selfish on my part.
She said she was independent and that's how it is/was -mum raised her right -you make your own choices -imagine the mum going "You're not living there !" Dawn be like "Go away mum"
When you are living alone...and the guy who lives next door is on Parole, and had a history of crime, and then one day starts passing sexually explicit comments at you... THERE'S YOUR CLUE!! Rest in Peace my dear...but that's something we all need to learn from... Irrespective of whether you are financially capable to find another place or not, you just cannot continue living there!
A PTSD THOUGHT: The apartment complex is definitely wrong for allowing parolees to be her (or anyone else's) neighbor without informing ALL tenants. How irresponsible and disrespectful! 🤔😲😵 FACTS.
I was waiting for the narrator to say, but wait, there was yet ANOTER criminal living in the apartment coplmex....in fact..." As it turns out she was the only person that lived in that whole complex that wasn't a criminal who knew
All people in the United States should be fingerprinted to help solve crimes. There should be no expectation of privacy when it comes to solving crimes.
I really admire Dawn's mother. She exhibits calm and warmth yet so strong and full of dignity.
I'm crying because of her strength 😭😭 every mum should be this encouraging 🌷
She unfortunately died a few years ago :(
@@Neurodivergent_Nat oh no! That makes me sad 💔😢 at least now she's reunited with Dawn.
Truly. So much strength and so well-spoken and you can tell she is kind. The last scene really was so full of wisdom too.
Dawn's mother is a bit over bearing and a little touched in her head, I feel sorry for the people who can't read cue cards and have to talk....so.... slow.... Just....to... Make....a.....few.....dollars.... So..... they.... Can.... pretend....to...... be.... Dawn's.....mother, that's why dawn enjoyed being on her own, momma is too controlling
her last moments in life are fucking incomprehensible, stabbed in the heart and slowly bleeding to death as you're violently conscious of the fact that you're being assaulted. I cannot even imagine the grief.
This one needs the same done to him
Yeah I'm not sure how he did not get the D penalty. Like that literally doesn't even make sense. This is so heinous
I lived in Richmond, VA and graduated from VCU her same college.. we’ve had some of the worst killers like this guy, the Briley brothers, Timothy Spencer a.k.a The Southside Strangler, the i-95 snipers, and serial killing tandem Ricky Gray and Ray Dandridge
@@shaheedharun445 dont you also have a lot of gang violence?
@@warshipsatin8764 Richmond, VA is heavy in violence but it’s not necessarily gang violence. Gangs aren’t all that popular in the city, much like nearby Washington D.C where I was born n raised near. I lived in Richmond for 8 yrs so I know a great deal about the places. Crime was worse in the 80’s & 90’s generally speaking. While there are a few gangs, it’s not like Chicago or LA which are gang-riddled. There’s a ton of hard drugs like coke and heroin, and alot of ghetto and projects, and just overpopulation in general, which stems much of the violence. Homelessness is also a big issue
The poor mother finding her 😞
Bruh. The mom is strong af. I lost my dog and im scared for that pain again. here she loses a daughter and would do it again. what a champ.
You’re so right
Absolutely right...I'm still mourning my beloved BC
@@bobbymenon4057what’s BC?
It’s too bad she didn’t have a guard dog
I applaud the girlfriend for not lying for him about his alibi 👏🏻👏🏻
She was probably happy to see him locked up.
Take her to a date
She is single now.
Agreed but what a shame we’re actually applauding someone for being honest!
I'd prefer a girlfriend that didn't rat me out.
@@QuasiELVIS even after you raped and murdered a 22 year old girl she should tell that’s sick asf
This mum is a beautiful soul. I’m sure Dawn would be proud of her strength in such terrible circumstances. ♥️
What a lovely calm mother she was blessed with! I pray for her strength and peace
Any murder is bad (outside of rightful self-defense), but there's something about the murder of a young woman just minding her own business trying to become something. Why bother her? Who are they to stop her progress through life? It's awful to happen to anyone, of course, but maybe because I can understand someone who has no drama, just minding their own business, obeying the law, living their life quietly alone, trying to be something, so I feel extra resentment towards it.
Agreed. It's like the attacker is saying, "You're just a commodity for me to use--not even a human being."
when a bk man in the dark rapes u
well said
Demonic influence is not fictional.
The police came by this morning. They think that she killed her husband.
The mother of the victim is smart and beautiful. Her ending statement was wise and heartfelt.
YEAH WISE AND SO SAD 😭😭❤️
I literally was going to type that that ending from the mom literally was inspirational.
All women are just a bunch of Karen's anymore
smart and beatiful😭😭
It wasn’t wise. If she knew her child would be murdered and raped horrifically she would still have have her? How selfish.
If you have strong forensic evidence, STOP MAKING DEALS with these monsters who deserve zero ZERO mercy, remove them from existence ASAP!
100 percent correct, send enough juice through him to light up Birmingham
These prosecutors have been fucked by idiot jury's enough times to know that nothing is guaranteed.
Isn't it ridiculous how these ppl can kill and never want to be put to death. IRONIC
I agree
Unbelievable
Murderers usually are huge cowards when it comes to facing the consequences of their actions.
Yea a lot of nerve
and when they have no fear, people hate them more. its like all options give hate
Those crime scene photos are horrendous, she fought like hell. What a nightmare.
I’m also terribly disappointed that this evil guy didn’t get the death penalty. One of them even said he “maybe walking the streets again someday.” It’s bad enough that he didn’t get the death penalty, but not getting life without parole is just incomprehensible.
He looks smarter than Einstein
@@TOCC50 huh?
He got parole but it was denied.
That dang..0 bama er' I meant 0 biden
Administration have
Basically done away with the death penalty..man
@@maliikprior5243it was denied in 2016, but he’s still going to have other parole hearings. Don’t understand how and why it wasn’t life without parole for such a crime. 🤬
After being denied parole in July 2016, Robert Douglas Knight continues to serve his four life sentences from his conviction on June 8, 1991. He is incarcerated at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia.
Her mom is amazing
May she be blessed after such a horrible loss :(
"Life is not a guarantee", words I have used in my own conversations. Very wise mother.
Though haunting, Dawn’s mothers words are true and heavenly “Life is not a guarantee”
If people would keep their vile hands to themselves it would help!
As to Ms. Sweet Jo Ann and her last statement “it’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all” comes to mind. As a person who has lost much in her young life I only hope to have as much courage as she does to go on and have children. What a wise woman and may she rest in heavenly peace with her daughter. ❤️
I knew her personally. I went to school with her. I was distraught when I heard of her murder. I was personally connected to this crime and family. RIP Dawn
She seemed to be a nice intelligent person.
RIP🙏
Dawn's mother is a forgiving and strong woman. I admire her for not being vengeful and bitter.
Her mother forgave because she wanted peace in her life. Some people are unforgiving 🤷♀️🤷♀️
Why? She has every right to be angry and bitter. If more people were angry and bitter about the liberal justice system that routinely lets out sociopaths, fewer young women would be raped and murdered. I wonder about your motivations in saying you think it's just dandy that she's not angry about her dead child.
@@amelieholbrook3001 EXACTLY, I'M FURIOUS
😡😡😡
@@amelieholbrook3001 Agree 100%
@@kindspirit-mo9nm The Lord Jesus said: *"If you do NOT forgive others of their sins, neither will The Heavenly Father forgive you of your sins."* Mark 11:26
Like mother like daughter…both wonderful strong women 🙏🏻🙏🏻
This young lady was remarkable, like her mom. She was a go-getter...i imagine all the good things she could have accomplished.... Every murder is sad, but it hurts the most when young people die😭
I like how they tell you how long it takes to find the perp and bring them to trial. It is months to years. Sometimes never.
To call that creature "scum" would be a compliment
I remember first seeing this episode in the summer of 2001 and it terrified me and broke my heart. I felt so bad for Dawn and of course, her family.
This by far one of the saddest cases.
@@VincentWilliams007 Agreed. I felt that way too!
What kind of a monster does something like this?! Terrible
made me sick and cry too! her body in the bed mirrored her teddy bear...gruesome crime..very cruel
was that her cat by the fridge ?
@@chateaupig826yes, probably
I eat snack.before bed tho. I snuggle up and sleep and I am going to uncover my blankies and.put my.cute outfit on
A monster would...
This is so sad. Forensics is truly divine science. Glad this POS was caught. Her Mother is incredible. May DAWN rest in peace 🙏🏾
I will tell the perpetrator that he should keep his hands to himself. ❤. If I were you. I would put my foot down to the perp.and serial killer. Is a type of.a crime. They think that somebody came in to rape her.
I will stay away from that door.🚪.and never open that door with a perp god forbidden 🚫 when the guy got me.if I stay outside all night all long. He would put his hand on my mouth and drag me into the van.🚐.with a.tape.
Yea it sounds cruel
This man is still declaring his innocent in 2023. He was up for parole in 2016 but he was rightfully denied.
He looks like he graduated from Oxford, Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard & Yale
@@TOCC50 wth does that mean?
@@thl205 he’s a genius
let him rot there forever
Upube is Satan
Murderers shouldn't have the option to plead guilty in exchange for life in prison instead of the death penalty. Eye for an eye!
Word Up!
Murderers have rights, and they need those rights regardless of what kind of murder was committed. I mean this is America, not Russia.
Agreed 💯%
Wow, judge not lest ye be judged.
@cannaweallgetalong7168 you'll know the tree by the fruit it bears. If it murders one or multiple people they're a murderer. Herein lieth wisdom
RIP to the mother and the daughter. Reunited in heaven.
Is the mother also dead by now?
The mothers statement to her other daughter is profounding
Robert Knight is still being held in the Greensville Correctional Center in Virginia. His parole was denied in 2022.. "Release at this time would diminish
seriousness of crime; Serious nature
and circumstances of your offense(s).;
The Board concludes that you should
serve more of your sentence prior to
release on parole.; The Board
considers you to be a risk to the
community."
If anyone deserves to be locked up, it's him.
such a vibrant culture...& awesome neighbors
with all the evidence it was crazy for him to given a plea bargain.
yeah. Didn't they have the DNA? That should seal it.
@@mikezylstra7514this crime was committed in 1992 and DNA evidence was evolving. They did have it but it gets challenged even now 30 years later.
For a mother to find her daughter in that state.....I-..I feel fucking sick
Unfathomable. It’s bad enough to know she died violently but to find her and have that image stuck in the mind. It should be an aggravating factor in his sentencing.
Jo Ann, her mother died on November 20, 2010. Her other daughter gave her 4 grandchildren. My daughter’s fiancé knew Dawn since 6th grade. He took her to senior prom. They were very good friends. Her death still haunts him. He said she was such a good person.
God bless.
Oh really how do you know she died?
💔🕊️
What an amazing woman her mother was/is! I hope she got to have grandchildren.
This is the deal…if you’re a single woman living alone, NEVER, EVER live in a 1st floor apartment! They are simply too easy to break into…..
And I have followed that advice all of my 65 years as a single woman.
@@shawnnewell4541 you are an intelligent woman 🙂
Agreed
I agree..my Sister and I got our first apt together when we were 18 and 19..we were watching a movie one night and during a commercial my Sister went into the bedroom to shut the window..as soon as she opened the curtains to close them a guy was just getting ready to climb in. Thank God she decided to close them and that the commercial was on the exact right time.
Don’t pass on a good apt. Just get a security system and a gun. 😀
Pleading Guilty should solidify the death penalty sentence, not used as a negotiation tool.
why do all these murderers try to avoid the death penalty? they kill with no remorse
When DNA proves someone committed this murder.... Why do they keep putting them in prison instead of putting them to death?
Because forensic DNA wasn't prevalent late 80's early 90s you take it for granted now
After being denied parole in July 2016, Robert Douglas Knight continues to serve his four life sentences from his conviction on June 8, 1991. He is incarcerated in Virginia.
I'm glad to know. this person deserve to rot in jail.
So the killer moved from his apartment and left the murder weapon. Genius
A smart person would have ground that knife into iron filings and have them scattered out of the window of a moving car. I guess an air vent was just an easier option. 😂
Stupid!
They’re not known for their intelligence
Wow - she had really shady neighbors. It must not have been a great neighborhood.
Yeah, I was EXTREMELY bothered by that. If it were my kid, I'd take the "rent" and invest it for her. There's no way she'd have a rapist next door. Watch how fast we get out of that lease.
5:15 that poor cat 😭😭😭 sweet thing had to see their owner go through such horror and unable to stop it, and stuck alone with the body!
I’m a 24-year-old woman - I love to listen to Forensic Files while I try to fall asleep in bed, because they’re oddly comforting to me, but THESE (stories like Dawn’s) are the episodes I tend to immediately skip. One of my biggest fears in life is being attacked in bed at night while I’m sleeping, especially when I’m home alone and my husband isn’t there beside me. Poor poor Dawn, what an unfathomably terrible way to die in so much fear and suffering. I hope for everyone in her life that loved her that they can heal from this evil somehow.
I truly truly truly pray for her mother, and I will forever keep her in my prayers... she has such a purr heart.....no parent deserves to bury thier child.....it's not even my daughter and I want him to suffer the same fate she did, but she is so pure man....God bless her sincerely....such a pure soul....
so he had a girlfriend lying beside him and he still couldn’t keep it in his pants, and got to assault and kill an innocent girl who probably didn’t even wake up from that stab. some people don’t deserve a breath of air.
This sort of stuff excites them
He probably felt it was his historical right
From the way it looks, he got out of bed with his girlfriend to go and commit this horrendous crime, I’m very glad that the girlfriend was a big part of his undoing, I believe that he also thought that she was sound asleep when he crept out of bed, but we now know that she wasn’t.
Poor Dawn. The last thing she saw when she was here that evil monsters. I wonder how bad jail is for him?
Jail is not nice. Even the good ones.
@@shawnnewell4541 EVEN JAIL IS A GOOD PLACE FOR THIS MONSTER
He grew up on the streets no doubt , so jail not too far removed from what he knew
Can’t be too good, he’s always begging to get out.
The efforts of the police and forensic experts is just amazing 😊
Investigators didn’t search an access panel in the prime suspects bedroom???????????
Apparently not
Her speech at the end 👏👏
They went from not having a suspect to here’s the prosecutor.
He was on parole for rape? That means he didn't even serve the full sentence for that crime. I guess he figured he wouldn't get caught for this one if he killed her. And she had no idea what kind of monster lived in her complex. He was so scared of the Death Penalty that he pleaded GUILTY. What a disgusting human being.
The person who was on parole for burglary and attempted rape was not the one who killed Dawn. Robert Knight had prior arrests for drug possession but was not on parole.
@@legshakermaker1968 exactly
You don't know what you're talking about. Watch the show again.
What a devil, he stabbed her right in the heart from her sleep...
I am a single female living alone. I am a light sleeper. I own 1 protective aggressive dog and 3 guns. One for the upstairs, one for the downstairs and one in the basement. I wish a motherf##ker would. Great forensic work guys.
might be cheaper to get married LOL
Me too and I’m a crack shot
@@africanhistory oh like marriage would protect her better than her gun?
Wow you really showed them
@@africanhistory uhhh have u heard of richard ramirez? he broke into homes and killed couples
I wish I had a mother like Ms. Bruce...
Jay Bruce
Yessssss. My favorite all time favorite show ever!!!! Keep them coming. ❤️🤗❤️🤗❤️🤗❤️🤗❤️🤗
Introducing 256 Shades of Grey , courtroom edition.
So glad justice was done for this girl and her family ❤️🙏🏽
Demons walk this earth
Criminals that has committed murder, should not be allowed to abuse the justice system of the USA to protect themselves from receiving the death penalty. No negotiations should be entered into by any of the legal teams of these cases.
The defendant did not make the deal. The PEOPLE offered him the deal.
"Admit it, plea guilty save the taxpayers the time and the money of this trial and the PEOPLE wont put you to death"
For the record.... He didn't want to take the deal he wanted to die. His family begged him to take the deal
Hey mom of the victim. I’m so sorry for your horrific loss. I hope this comforts you a little. If she was stabbed in the heart, she likely died within a minute or 2 rather than the 8-10 the detective said. God bless you and your grieving family.
Hey
In this crazy word, it's not safe anymore to rent a basement or lower floor. here in spain, mostly these part of the building are hard to market even most of them are already barricaded with thick metal grills must be the bad sensation of being jailed even if it's for security reason of the tenants.
Just glad I'm NOT the only one here. Thought I was weird for watching FF. Thanks for making me feel normal.
It’s a hugely popular show lol
then i must be a freak cuz i watch That chapter twice a week lol
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Her mother may seem calm, but we don't know anything about what she's been through, except for what she shared with this show. We don't know if she's had to take medication, whether she's sick or just exhausted from living with such a big loss and still have to be strong for her family. That's a lot for anyone. Just my opinion.
I’m 61 and I’ve never regretted my decision to be childfree.
I’m glad to see this comment. I did not agree with the mom’s last statement about still having the daughter even if she knew all of this would happen to her. How selfish do you have to be to willingly bringing a child into this world knowing how awful and dangerous it is.
@@Matcha.Tea92 Thanks. I also didn’t pass on the extreme child abuse I was raised with nor the Alzheimer’s I inherited. All around wins in my world.
@@tonyarichards5430 It’s absolutely a win ❤️
I also chose not to have children but to each their own.
Im childfree too 😉☺️
Momma's last words , , ,
Geee , such courage , , truly remarkable heart of love for life ,
Dawn was murdered in such a brutal way. Her mother is very strong. This evil perpetrator got 4 life terms. He'll never walk the streets again. I do agree he deserved the death sentence.
Great forensic
Condolences to dawns mother. My heart goes out to her. I lost my youngest daughter to cancer 23 years ago. The only way I accept this loss is that I know that brooke was a gift from god and was lent to me for a short while. She was never mine.
Rest in peace dawn.
This one was hard. RIP Dawn.
I totally agree. It was one of the worst FF ever. RIP Dawn.🙏🙏
The worst were the woodchipper (s1 e1), the girl w the JC Penny dress w specific fibers found in his Honda.
Those are my faves. I almost stopped watching w the guy where they cut off his hands and that's all the ever found. Anything where animals are hurt, I'm out.
Wisdom and reality together. I have never heard anyone say this, not even in movies.
I can't understand why do this to innocent person
Poor girl a pervert on one side of her apartment a a criminal on the other 😢 I feel so terrible for her mum❤
I wouldn't have it. I'm VERY good at putting my foot down.
Such evil people
Praying for her mom and family 🙏🏼❤️
These murders , while sadly gruesome are both fascinating for the investigators and help propel the science further along
Imagine being sandwiched between a knife wielding robber and some other kind of rapist 😳 - seems the writing was on the wall
Here we have a no 1 suspect ,didn,t the police search his apartment ? it took a plumber to find the killers weapon by accident.
mr peter thomas my nightly lullaby ❤️ 😴
@@margaretakins6829 you listen to dead people all the time!!
@@lazy_902 what
@@chrisandlife.5768 hahahahaha the person deleted their comment @Margaret akins
I fall a sleep most night watching Forensic Files 😂 Peter Thomas is a great story teller!
5:11 The cat had to hear its owner be brutally killed. 😫
Wow!!!! I didn't even noticed the cat. This is a very horrific story
I thought about that, too. My late husband’s cat mourned a long time when he died a quiet death; I can only imagine the trauma this poor kitty went through.
also the teddy bear mirrored the position of dawn's body :-( that disturbed me
It's always so sad for the animals who are involved or are left behind 😚
A cat is a master predator. Too bad it wasn't half as useless as a Rottweiler. Rottweiler is a smart, no BS dog. Very loyal. If it wanted to, it could have attacked him
I don’t agree that he pleaded guilty then he can escape the death penalty if they had enough evidence.
This chick was living in what amounted to a minimum security prison bloc. Typical Richmond, VA.
So when he goes to prison amd they ask "what u in fo?" He can say "uh leaving my murder weapon in my old apartment "
Robert Knight is a typical Richmond resident. VCU is in an aweful neighborhood
God comfort Dawn’s mum. If this crime occured in my country, it’s death sentence for the rapist & murderer ( period )…
Wut country you live in? Iran?
Maybe Malaysia
@@terancetheindomitable9701 America would be my guess, the use of her word for "mom," as "mum" notwithstanding. We have no tolerance for raping murderers in my Country.
@@terancetheindomitable9701 : I don’t live In Iran 🇮🇷 in the middle east. I live in the far east - Singapore 🇸🇬 .ֶ murderers and drug traffickers get the death sentence.
@@RandomChristianMusings : no. I can use mummy / mum / mother -ֶall refers to the same person. 🙂
Two comments: 1) why is it that when a young woman is killed, the men involved in the case invariably say, “it’s such a shame; she’ll never get married or have children.” Yes it is a shame- of course any murder is a ‘shame!!’ But leave it at that or add in that she’ll never get to find fulfillment in her career, or pursue her passion for rock climbing etc etc. Not all women want children or marriage and even if they do, their lives are not defined by those two things, just as no man’s life is defined by parenthood and marriage. 2) Regardless of the suspect’s eventual guilty verdict, judging him for being annoyed and less cooperative every time the cops came back and then back and came back to talk to him, is kind of ridiculous. Any person would get irritated at being accused of a crime and badgered and questioned, over and over ad nauseam . I’m glad the murderer was caught but I think sometimes the investigators are a bit too quick to pin a crime on the most convenient suspect. Just my two cents. Oh, and #wewillnotgoback
There used to be social norms like starting a family and getting married which applied to both men and women but now it's much more common to pursue things like working dead end jobs making someone else money to support their big family while the worker bee makes enough for Starbucks and rock climbing trips.
I guess she just meant , I'll never get to see her fulfill her life and know the kids she may have had -dont diss momma bear 💜
Agreed. The only future they see women having involves marriage and kids.
Understand the zeitgeist of the year this was made
@@Matcha.Tea92 no, that's not what they said. I believe that's what most people value most. That's why.
Nobody ever lay on their death bed going, "I wish I'd worked more!"
Yay! Another episode!
Her poor kitty cat at 5:12 looked terrified!
That kitty looks terrified. That cat would paw him out in a lineup.
Too bad it was so useless.
I understand what the mom is saying.....but if I would know the terror, suffering & pain that my child would go through being raped while bleeding to death, would give me pause. I could not put her through that if I had a choice, that would be selfish on my part.
She said she was independent and that's how it is/was -mum raised her right -you make your own choices -imagine the mum going "You're not living there !" Dawn be like "Go away mum"
This is one of the saddest.
When you are living alone...and the guy who lives next door is on Parole, and had a history of crime, and then one day starts passing sexually explicit comments at you... THERE'S YOUR CLUE!!
Rest in Peace my dear...but that's something we all need to learn from... Irrespective of whether you are financially capable to find another place or not, you just cannot continue living there!
Four life sentences And the cop thinks he'll probably walk the streets again someday! Wow something wrong there!
Why are these murder stories so cozy!?
A PTSD THOUGHT: The apartment complex is definitely wrong for allowing parolees to be her (or anyone else's) neighbor without informing ALL tenants. How irresponsible and disrespectful! 🤔😲😵 FACTS.
Privacy laws landlords not allowed. But Google does
No, we gotta keep the freaks together like the pervert trailer park in FL.
I refuse to have children.
I got boys
I was waiting for the narrator to say, but wait, there was yet ANOTER criminal living in the apartment coplmex....in fact..." As it turns out she was the only person that lived in that whole complex that wasn't a criminal who knew
All people in the United States should be fingerprinted to help solve crimes. There should be no expectation of privacy when it comes to solving crimes.
Just the males. They're 90+% of these.
Dawns mother is a very strong woman.
Welcome to Creepsville.
Where none sex offender are a minority.
what is the deal of the subtitle?
2:29 really sad and horrific but also the position of the body mirrors the teddy bear at her side...
It's sad and horrific that a 22 year-old woman sleeps with a teddy bear.
Dawn looks like a cherub angel.
5:12 what an adorable little kitty there. Good Lord what that cat must’ve seen that night.
Too bad it wasn't half as useful as a Rottweiler. It could have bit or clawed him. It's damn sure to get infected
I was thinking the same thing. That poor cat looks totally traumatized.