Murder of Cara Knott

Quick Facts

Full Name	Murder of Cara Knott
Occupation	Victim
Date Of Birth	Feb 11, 1966(1966-02-11)
Age	58
Birthplace	Ventura
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Murder of Cara Knott Biography

Murder of Cara Knott is one of the most popular and richest Victim who was born on February 11, 1966 in Ventura, California, United States. Her killer, Craig Allen Peyer (b. Craig Allen Peyer (b. March 16, 1950) was a police officer who was also a 13-year veteran of California Highway Patrol (CHP). Peyer was convicted of making predatory sexual advances to multiple female drivers and targeting women on the interstate. In 1988, he was convicted for Knott’s death.

Sam Knott (Cara Knott’s father) died on December 2, 2000 from a heart attack. He was located a few yards away from the spot where Cara’s body had been discovered. The family had also created a memorial garden.

Peyer has been denied parole two additional times: in 2008 (served 21 years), and 2012 (25 years). His next eligibility for parole hearing was set to 15 years (longest time allowable under state law) from then to January 2027 (40 years in prison); he will be 77 years old. Peyer is serving his sentence at California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, California, which is considered a “country club” and “garden spot” among California prisons. At the time of his second parole hearing in 2008, he had “a nearly unblemished prison record” and “worked as an electrician at the facility” for years, making $52 per month in salary from the job in 2003. He worked briefly as an apprentice electrician after getting fired from CHP while on bail before the trial. His third wife Karen whom he married 18 months before the murder and who visited him regularly divorced him around 2007. Around 2010, his elderly parents, who used to visit him every other month, died.

Peyer’s own logbook revealed a hasty falsification about that time as well as changes he made to several traffic tickets that had been written some time later, according to the motorists to whom the tickets were written. Forensic dentist Norman Sperber examined the rope found in his patrol car, and he determined they seemed to match the rope marks around the victim’s neck, although Sperber was later barred from testifying about his findings in court. A distinctive and unusual gold rayon fiber—found to have been made using a yellow pigment instead of a dye—found on Knott’s dress matched a shoulder patch Peyer wore on his CHP uniform. Tire tracks on the bridge showed a car had pulled out hastily leaving black marks on the pavement. Furthermore, a drop of blood was found on one of Knott’s boots, which was found to be consistent with Peyer’s blood type (AB negative, the rarest type) and other genetic markers, although conclusive DNA testing was not available at the time of the investigation. Microscopic purple fibers also linked Peyer to Knott’s murder.

The jury was hung at the first trial. Peyer was found guilty by murder in the second trial. This was the first murder conviction made by an officer of the CHP. Peyer was sentenced on August 4, 1988 to 25 years in prison.

Murder of Cara Knott Net Worth

Murder of Cara Knott is one of the richest Victim from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Murder of Cara Knott 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Cara Evelyn Knott, February 11, 1966 – December 27, 1987, was an American student at San Diego State University. She disappeared while driving from Escondido (California) to El Cajon, California with her boyfriend. Her car was discovered below a 65-foot bridge in a ravine near an abandoned off-ramp of San Diego County the next day, December 28.

Peyer was on duty in a CHP marked patrol car and directed Cara Knott, 20, to stop at an unfinished off-ramp on Interstate 15. Later, it was discovered that Peyer had also been harassing other female drivers in the area by pulling them over at the same off-ramp and allegedly trying to take them as dates. The Knott case revealed that Peyer threatened Knott to report Peyer for his inappropriate behavior. She slapped and scratched his face when he tried to grab her. Peyer then beat her with his flashlight, and strangled her with a rope. Then, he threw her body across an abandoned bridge and she fell into the woods below.

After conviction, Peyer continued to claim his innocence. In 2004, Peyer was asked if he would contribute a sample of his DNA to a San Diego County program, which had been designed and initiated to use DNA samples to possibly exonerate wrongfully imprisoned persons, because such testing was not yet available at the time of his trial and conviction. Peyer refused to provide any DNA for the test. At an initial parole hearing in 2004 after having served 17 years, when asked why he wouldn’t provide a DNA sample, Peyer refused to answer. The board denied his parole, on the grounds of his lack of remorse for the crime, as well as for his refusal to explain why he was saying he was innocent yet would not let anyone help him prove it.

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Facts & Trivia

Murder Ranked on the list of most popular Victim. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Murder of Cara Knott celebrates birthday on February 11 of every year.