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HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN JANUARY IDENTIFIED

Loudon County Sheriff Tim Guider announced today the human remains found January 19 in a wooded area in Loudon County have been identified.

The remains are that of Pamela K. Knight of Knoxville, who was 35 when she disappeared from her home on Bruhin Road in Knoxville in October 2005. Knight’s remains were identified through dental records.

Knight’s remains, which were wrapped in a comforter, were found in a wooded area off Eblen Road in Loudon County near the Roane County line January 19 by individuals searching for scrap metal.

Law enforcement personnel with Loudon County Sheriff’s Office and Knoxville Police Department are working jointly to follow up leads on the case.

Anyone who has any information regarding this case is asked to call Lt. Patrick Upton with the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office at (865)986-4823.

Remains found in Loudon County identified as Knoxville woman

LOUDON (WATE) - The human remains found January 19 in a wooded area in Loudon County have been identified as Pamela K. Knight, of Knoxville.

Knight was 35 when she disappeared from her home on Bruhin Road in Fountain City in October 2005.

She went with her husband, Paul, in a 1994 Jeep Cherokee around 4:00 a.m. the day of her disappearance and was never seen again, although she told one of her three sons goodbye and that she would see him later.

Pamela Knight never showed up for work at Hillcrest Healthcare that day and never picked her kids up from school. The Jeep was later found abandoned in Jacksonville, Florida.
 

Knight's mother said shortly after the disappearance she thought Paul Knight had killed her daughter.

The couple met in an Internet chat room while he was in prison. Paul Knight served time in Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex for aggravated burglary, theft and other charges.

Police interviewed Paul Knight as a suspect in the case several times, but without a body they could never make Pamela Knight's disappearance a murder investigation. It was always a missing person case.

Paul Knight is currently serving prison time in Louisiana.

Pamela Knight's remains were identified through dental records.

The remains, which were wrapped in a comforter, were found in a wooded area off Eblen Road in Loudon County near the Roane County line by two men looking for scrap metal.

The Loudon County Sheriff's Office and Knoxville Police Department are working together to follow leads in this case.

Anyone with information about this case should call Lt. Patrick Upton with the Loudon County Sheriff's Office at 865-986-4823.

Pamela K. Knight (source: family) Pamela K. Knight (source: family)
Paul Knight (source: Knoxville Police Department) Paul Knight (source: Knoxville Police Department)

 

Skeletal remains identified as Knoxville mom missing since '05

Body identified as Knoxville mom missing since '05

By Jim Balloch knoxnews.com
 
Skeletal remains found late last month in Loudon County have been identified as Pamela Knight, a Knoxville mother of three who has been missing for more than six years.

Loudon County Sheriff Tim Guider confirmed this afternoon that the remains were those of Knight, who was 35 when she disappeared.

The remains, found Jan. 19, in a secluded area off Eblen Road, were wrapped in what authorities said appeared to be a blanket or comforter. The body was in the debris of an abandoned shed that had fallen to the ground.

Identification was made through dental records, Guider said. Guider's office and the Knoxville Police Department have launched a homicide investigation.

In 2009, Knight's disappearance was the subject of an installment in the News Sentinel's continuing "Mysteries of the Missing" series.

She was last seen on the morning of Oct. 27, 2005, her youngest son's seventh birthday. Later, her 1994 Jeep Cherokee was found abandoned near Jacksonville, Fla. in a state park.

Around the same time she disappeared, her husband, Paul Anthony Knight, also dropped out of sight. Pamela Knight's children and other family members have publicly expressed their beliefs that he had harmed her.

In August 2006, Paul Knight and a woman companion were arrested in South Carolina, after a police chase ended when the stolen van he was driving crashed. In the van, police found numerous credit cards and other items stolen from several states.

Paul Knight was later indicted on federal gun and stolen vehicle charges in Knoxville, and turned over to federal authorities. According to U.S. Bureau of Prison records, he is currently held in a facility in Pollock, La., near Alexandria. His scheduled release date in 2022.

Anyone with information pertaining to Pamela Knight's disappearance is asked to call Lt. Patrick Upton at the Loudon County Sheriff's Office, 865-986-4823.

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