Canadian nurse Lynne Knight was working in California when she was murdered in 1979. She was only 28 years old.

The case gained international attention because of the <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;brutal nature of the killing&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2024/05/03/21-55038.pdf&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2024/05/03/21-55038.pdf" target="_blank">brutal nature of the killing</a>: Knight was stabbed all over her body and strangled with a homemade garrote (a wire attached to two pieces of wood). Despite public outcry, however, the case went cold for decades and the murderer remained at large.

Canadian nurse Lynne Knight was working in California when she was murdered in 1979. She was only 28 years old.{ai:summary}<p>Canadian nurse Lynne Knight brutally murdered in California in 1979 at 28. Stabbed and strangled with homemade garrote. Case went cold, killer unknown. #crime</p>

A Canadian nurse was killed in 1979 — but the conviction in her murder was just overturned

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