In February of 2004. Dave Knotek pled down his first degree murder charge of Shane Watson to second degree murder with unlawful disposal of human remains and received just under 15 years in prison.

10 months after her arrest, Shelly entered an Alford plea,  which is like accepting guilt but not admitting to it. On sentencing day and with not a single soul in attendance to support her, Shelly addressed the courts.

“In this jail and in this courtroom and in this community, and everywhere else, I’m known as some kind of horrible monster. I’m not. I’ve made such horrible mistakes though. Kathy was my friend, she had value and she had purpose. She would have been there for me. I wasn’t there for her at lot. I was not there when Kathy died. Not there for her.”

She went on tho point fingers in her speech at Nikki and Shane. None of it was ever her fault. The judge, unimpressed by Shelly and her speech, tacked on and extra 5 years to her 17 years sensed and she ultimate received 22 years in prison.

Case Sources:

The Book: If You Tell

⁠https://allthatsinteresting.com/shelly-knotek⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Knotek⁠

⁠https://www.chinookobserver.com/news/local/raymond-murderer-crazy-shellie-released-from-prison/article_539f6e46-61f3-11ed-99c6-433b5a338fd0.html⁠

⁠https://www.grunge.com/985238/the-messed-up-truth-about-serial-killer-mom-shelly-knotek/⁠

⁠https://arcaneus.com/shelly-knotek/⁠

⁠https://nypost.com/2019/11/30/kids-of-murderer-michelle-shelly-knotek-warn-their-mom-could-kill-again/⁠

⁠https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knotek-michelle.htm⁠

⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1657267/⁠

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