Thomas and Judy McKnight

 - 11/15/1984

On November 15, 1984 a couple were found deceased from gun shots in their rural Lincoln County home. Cotton and Judy ran the Upper McKnight Ranch in southeastern Lincoln County. They were found shot to death, execution style, in the kitchen of their home. Each had last been seen alive two days earlier. The report also stated that there was no sign of forced entry, indicating that the victims likely knew the person or persons who shot them.

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