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Katherine Knight: An Australian woman who, in 2000, murdered, skinned, dismembered and cooked her husband, and attempted to feed him to his adult sons (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Knight

She was the first woman in Australia to be given a life sentence without any possibility of parole.

(Edited to add the link. I did add it originally, but I guess it doesn't post it if you also write in the body of the post? 🤷‍)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My reading is that this is the sequence of events from his POV:

He had said that she couldn't live with him, but they were still dating.
They have a big argument, she stabs him in the chest.
He goes to work, says if he doesn't show up the next day she killed him. Coworkers veg him not to go home, but he's worried about his kids.
He goes home to find that his kids are sleeping over at a friend's house. He hangs out with neighbors (probably to stay out of the house) until 11:00, when goes to bed.
She wakes him up an hour or two later with lingerie and (presumably) and "I'm so sorry, let's have makeup sex".
He wakes up after getting stabbed in the chest a few times, turns on the light to find that he's bleeding, tries to make it out the front door, but either falls or is pulled back inside and dies from blood loss.

On the whole, I'd say his actions were only foolhardy with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On the whole, I'd say his actions were only foolhardy with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight.

I’d say the waking up to a woman who stabbed you in the chest a day ago apologizing and trying to have sex with you is when you get the fuck out and call the police.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And risk upsetting her.

He was a domestic abuse victim and was aware of the stakes. Turning her down, running away, or calling the cops could have set her off.

What he didn't know was that she didn't need to be set off, she was crazy enough to kill him even if he complied and did everything he could to assuage her.