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History Of Parasomnia

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Steven Knight is a 27 year old male who has a long history of parasomnia. Since the age of 13 Stevens parents had noticed he had begun both sleep walking and sleep talking. Mr. Knight was engaged to be married on April 26, 2014 to his 26 year old wife to be Kelly Love. The day unfortunately never arrived because the day before his wedding, he murdered his fiancé. Miss Love had spoken to Mr. Knights mother two weeks before the wedding, stating that she was noticing that his somnambulism and somniloquy were starting to occur more frequently. When asked what Mr. Knight was saying during his sleep talking, Miss Love stated that it was mostly nonsense, but he would mention the name of her best friend Heather Lee. She also told Mrs. Knight that Steven …show more content…

It is seen through a recording that Mr. Knight was walking around at 2:48 AM the night before his wedding. At around 3:15 AM, it is seen that Mr. Knight begins yelling, and throwing around items in their living room. Though the rooms do have recording devices, there is no audio equipment installed that could be provided as evidence. At 3:16 AM Miss Love is seen entering the living room running towards Mr. Knight, in attempts to calm him down. It is then seen that Mr. Knight begins yelling at Miss Love, and acting violently towards her. Miss Love is soon thrown on the floor, and drug into the bedroom where no cameras are present. The following morning at 7:23 AM, a phone call is received to 911 operators from a frantic Mr. Knight, stating that his fiancé had been murdered in the middle of the night. Police arrived on the scene to discover signs of struggle in the living room. Once entering the couples room, a bloody knife was discovered next to Miss Loves dead body. It was not until police went through Mr. Knights computer that they found emails between him and Miss Lee showing a romantic relationship that had started in approximately 2013. In emails sent to Mr. Knight months before the wedding, it was obvious that Miss. Lee was becoming nervous about their relationship. This is when it is believed that Mr. nights parasomnias began to worsen. Miss Lee had begun to express feelings of guilt to Mr. Knight about their relationship in the emails days before the wedding and wanted to come clean to Miss

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