Katherine Knight was a woman from Aberdeen, New South Wales, Australia, who became notorious for the murder of her boyfriend John Price, in February 2000. Katherine would brutally stabbed John 37 times in his home.
After the murder, the events that unfolded were particularly shocking. She skinned his body and hung his hide on a meat hook in the lounge room. She then decapitated him, cooked his head in a pot with vegetables, and baked parts of his butt, which she arranged on plates with vegetables and gravy at the dinner table. The meal was intended for his children.
Police discovered the scene after John failed to show up for work. They found Knight unconscious in bed after a reported suicide attempt. She pleaded guilty to the murder and, in 2001, became the first Australian woman to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. The court deemed her to be a "monster" who was "utterly irredeemable."
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