04.11.2022 - By Esther Ludlow
Shelly Knotek has been called “America’s Most Evil Mom”. She abused, tortured, and humiliated her children and partners, but her control and abuse went beyond her own family members. One-by-one people she took into her home as boarders also found themselves trapped and unable to escape her abuse.
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Resources:
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood - Gregg Olsen
https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knotek-michelle.htm
https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/876416/shelly-knotek-abuse-daughters-serial-killer/
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-knotek
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Couple Held in Woman’s 1994 Disappearancehttps://apnews.com/article/1ba1a2ceca7d8bbbc82506c3b1b488b5
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