1991-08-27
Knight and a companion, Robert Bradfield, broke into the home of Knight's neighbors, Walter and Mary Ann Werner, on Monday morning, August 26, 1991, after the Werners had left for work. When the Werners came back home that evening, Knight and Bradfield locked them in the basement of their home. The Werners were held captive in their basement that night and the next day, during which Knight and Bradfield drove around in the Werners' vehicles.
Around midnight on Tuesday, Knight bound, gagged, and blindfolded the couple, forced them into their own van, and drove them to a location in the country about four miles away from their home. He made them get out of the van and kneel, and then he shot each of them in the back of the head, execution-style. He dragged their bodies into a ditch on the side of the road and returned to his trailer house and went to sleep.
During their investigation into the Werners' disappearance, law enforcement officers questioned Knight, who lived in a trailer house next door to the Werners' home. Although Knight initially denied involvement, he eventually confessed and led the officers to the location of the victims' bodies.