White Victims of Black Crime - 0008 - Stacy Knappenberger

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July 30, 1980

Victim(s): Stacy Knappenberger 15

Attacker(s): Thomas Young

Description: Young entered Stacy's home through a back door, before chasing her into the master bedroom and punching her in the face. He beat her, before raping her, then stabbing her to death with a broken glass ashtray. Stacy’s body was found with more than 50 injuries, including bite marks, stab wounds, broken ribs, and bruises all over her body. Young’s identity as the murderer remained unknown for the next 30 years, until DNA he left at the crime scene was matched to a DNA sample taken from him by law enforcement in 2008, when he was arrested for molesting his 16-year-old granddaughter in Illinois. Young was subsequently located in Alabama by the Ventura County Cold Case Task Force and arrested for the murder on September 6, 2012. He was then extradited to Ventura, where a jury subsequently found him guilty of the murder in the commission of rape on February 26, 2015.

Archive.is Link(s):
https://archive.fo/kiwWp Arrested & Charged.
https://archive.fo/3RUhk More info.
https://archive.fo/uI83l Sentenced to life in prison.
https://archive.fo/pqxAA Daily Stormer article about the sentencing.
https://pewtube.com/user/TheFireRises/V6S6q31 Video of news report about Young’s arrest.
https://archive.is/xHKjs Story about “Investigation Discovery” doing a show about Stacy’s murder and Young’s arrest more than 30 years later. Contains additional details about the case. Young’s lawyer claimed that the sex was consensual.
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https://archive.is/3WXfF Story about Stacy’s cold case & several others, including a burglar who was busted 17 years after his crimes (which included murdering a teenager), because he defecated in the victim’s laundry hamper. It includes a picture of Stacy taken a month before she was murdered.