NBC: Дата Deadly Betrayal (1992– ) Online

Lisa Knoefel was stabbed no fewer than 178 times - an extreme case of overkill. As her daughter phoned the police during the actual attack, there was never any doubt about who did it. The foster daughter of the victim, Sabrina Zunich, was arrested at the scene of the crime. Whatever motive she may have had, this was surely an open and shut case, yet Kevin Knoefel was to stand trial as well, and he was convicted not only of murder but of sexual battery on Zunich, who claimed he had put her up to it.

Knoefel was convicted almost solely on the word of the admitted killer; perhaps if he had taken the stand, he would not have been. That angle is not covered here, although it is clear he did not. Also not included here because of chronology is his failed appeal.

In addition to the highly suspect evidence of Zunich and the apparently contrived or even dishonest evidence of people who knew her, the prosecution relied largely on the apparently bizarre behaviour of Knoefel after the event, but as his lawyer pointed out, what is normal in such a situation?