the climax of Katherine Knight's descent into darkness occurred on February 29 2000 after a particularly violent argument Knight brutally murdered John price in a shocking act of violence she stabbed it repeatedly and then proceeded to skin him she intended to cook parts of his body and serve them to his children before she could carry out her gruesome plan police arrived at the scene responding to a tip from a concerned cooworker of prices would receive a chilling letter from Knight containing details of her plans