Emily Murray Murder, Obituary – Murray, a junior at Kenyon College, was majoring in philosophy while working as a waitress at Pirate’s Cove, which was around 100 yards from her dorm and campus. Before her disappearance on November 2, 2000, she worked late night shifts and had recently resigned her employment. According to sources, she left work early the following morning but did not return to her hostel or attend a party that evening.

The bartender at Pirate’s Cove had seen her searching for her car keys most recently.
The authorities subsequently learned that several of Emily Murray’s acquaintances had visited Pirate’s Cove that night because it was her last night of work, and that her last shift ended at 3:07 a.m., as indicated by her employee time card.

Furthermore, bartender Nathan Justice stated that he last saw her hunting for the keys about 3:30 a.m. Her vehicle was also absent from its customary parking area on campus. Gregory McKnight was sentenced to death for the 2000 murder of Emily Murray, for which he was implicated as a former inmate

Gregory McKnight was sentenced to death for the 2000 murder of Emily Murray Gregory McKnight, who left the restaurant shortly before the victim, was convicted of shooting someone at the age of 15 in Columbus, Ohio, and received a brief sentence at the Circleville Juvenile Facility. In 1997, he was freed from prison.

On McKnight’s property, investigators discovered a body, human bones, and other evidence.
Around a month after Emily Murray was reported missing, authorities went to Gregory McKnight’s trailer for an unrelated charge and discovered her abandoned vehicle nearby. In a subsequent check of his mobile home, they discovered a bloody carpet and a body wrapped in a rug. In addition, they discovered several expended shot casings and a roll of bloodstained duct tape.

When inspecting his property, they discovered human bones that matched those of a missing Chillicothe, Ohio, 20-year-old called Gregory Julious. His clothing were also discovered, and his girlfriend positively identified them. Two years later, Gregory McKnight was sentenced to death

McKnight was found guilty of murdering 20-year-old Emily Murray on October 25, 2002, and was sentenced to death by lethal injection. According to sources, McKnight received the maximum sentence for each offense for which he was convicted, including fifteen years to life in prison for the murder of Gregory Julious, 10 years for kidnapping Murray, and ten years for aggravated theft in her case.

In addition, he was given two concurrent terms of three years each for using a firearm during Murray’s heinous murder and kidnapping. The murderer was sentenced to between thirty-eight and life in prison.