KNOWLES, Paul John

John Paul Knowles claimed to have killed 3 people in one night. After being rejected by a woman named Angela Covic, the killer says he took to the streets of San Francisco and murdered three strangers. Police have never verified his claim.

Alice Henrietta Curtis, 65, is robbed in her Lima, Florida home. Knowles is a novice robber. He binds and gags Curtis to keep her quite. She chokes to death on the gag.

Lillian Annette Anderson, 11, and sister Mylette Josephine Anderson, 7, are reported missing from Jacksonville, Florida. Knowles claimed he killed both girls, but neither body has never been found. Knowles said he dumped the bodies in a swamp. Police do not think he committed this murder even though he claimed to have killed her. Knowles said he was acquainted with the Anderson family, and was spotted by Lillian and Mylette. Knowles said he killed them to make sure they would not say that they had seen him.

Ima Jean Sanders, 13, decides to hitchhike. Knowles claims he picked her up, sexually assaulted her, and strangled her in Peach County, Georgia. Knowles claimed he returned to the body later, and buried the jaw bone.

Marjorie Howie, 49, is murdered in her home in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Like Wine, Howie is sexually assaulted and strangled with a nylon stocking. Knowles stole her TV. 

Kathy Sue Woods Pierce is found strangled on the bathroom floor of her home in Musella, Georgia. Knowles used a telephone cord. The case is not pursued by police.

William Vernon Bates and John Paul Knowles start drinking together. Knowles binds and strangles Bates with electrical wire. Bates's car, among other things, is stolen. Bates is not immediately found.

Emmett Alexander Johnson and Lois Mildred Clendenen Johnson stop at a truck stop in Ely, Nevada. Knowles shoots and kills them both. They are not noticed.

Emmett Johnson's body is found in the camper where he was killed. Lois Johnson is also found, partially nude, under a table.

Charlynn Hopkins Hicks (Charlynn Hicks), 42, stops her car at a rest stop. She is abducted and sexually assaulted by Knowles. Hicks is strangled with pantyhose. Her body is dumped in a nearby wooded area in Seguin, Texas.

Charlynn Hicks's body is found.

49-year-old Ann Jean Dawson was last seen leaving Pinson Lounge in Birmingham, Alabama on September 23. She was with a man "about 30, with red hair, about six feet tall and weighing about 170 lbs." Her body was never found. Knowles said they traveled together for a few days before he killed her. He says he threw her body in the Mississippi River.

35-year-old Karen Marie Wine and her daughter Dawn Marie are murdered in their home in Marlborough, Connecticut. Both are bound, sexually assaulted and strangled with a nylon stocking. They were robbed. The robbery included a small tape recorder of no resale value.

The killer has traveled to Woodford, Virginia. Knowles breaks into the home of Doris Evelyn Hosey, 53. Saying he will not kill her, Knowles demands a gun and some money. Hosey gives the killer her husband's rifle. Knowles shoots Hosey with the rifle, wipes off his fingerprints, and leaves the gun by her body.

Edward Hilliard and Debbie Griffin were hitchhiking near Milledgeville, Georgia. Knowles claimed he shot Hilliard and left the body by a tree. Knowles claimed he raped Griffin. Her body was never found.

Amanda Beth Carr, 15, is killed in her home in Milledgeville, Georgia. Knowles strangled her with a silk stocking. Reports say Knowles failed in his attempt at necrophilia. Her father, Carswell Hall Carr Sr., is also killed, Knowles bound and stabbed him 27 times with scissors and a butcher knife. He was mutilated. His car and credit cards were stolen.

British journalist Sandy Fawkes, met Darrel Golden (Paul John Knowles) in a bar in Atlanta. She traveled with him to Florida, not knowing he was a wanted man. She left him days later as she prepared to return to London. She found out the next that he tried to rape a friend she had introduced him to, and reported him to police.

Florida Highway Patrol trooper Charles Eugene Campbell spots a stolen car. He attempts to arrest the driver, Knowles, but is overpowered. Knowles steals the police car and takes Campbell hostage, driving over state lines.

Knowles uses police sirens to pull over James Meyer. He steals Meyer's less-conspicuous car, taking him hostage along with Campbell.

Knowles takes his hostages Campbell and Meyer into the woods in Pulaski County, Georgia. He handcuffs them to a tree, then shoots both men in the head. Knowles flees, crashing through a police roadblock. He loses control and crashes, but still manages to elude police.

Knowles is captured by an armed civilian who is close to, but outside, the police search area. David T. Clark walks to a nearby pastor's home with Knowles to use the phone, but the pastor refuses to open the door. Clark takes Knowles to another house and asks that they call police. Knowles is taken into custody.

The bodies of Trooper Charles Campbell and James Meyer are found handcuffed to a tree in Pulaski County, Georgia. They have been shot.

The decomposed body of 32-year-old William Bates is found in Lima Ohio, in a wooded area near his home.

Police transported Knowles to where he said he hid some guns. En route, Knowles freed one hand from his handcuffs. The killer attacked Sheriff Earl Lee and Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Ronnie Angel in the car. He reached for the Sheriff's gun. Both Lee and Angel shoot Knowles, killing him.

A coroner's jury ruled the shooting of Knowles was justifiable self-defense.

The skeleton of a young girl is found. She cannot be identified until 2011, she police announce she is Ima Sanders.

Newspapers report that the body of Ann Dawson was found earlier that month. She was identified through dental records.

Investigators use DNA to link the slaying of Ima Sanders to Paul John Knowles.