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Jennifer Daugherty Was Tortured & Killed Over Love Triangle Dispute, Says Confession
Monday, Mar. 8 2010 @ 1:24PM
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When it was all over, they repeatedly stabbed her to death, tied her up in Christmas lights, then dumped her body at a middle school in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
If you believe the mixed confessions from the defendants, it now seems Jennifer died because she was caught in the middle of a love triangle with two of the suspects.
| Ricky Smyrnes admits a sexual encounter with Jennifer left his girlfriend irate |
The three couples who lived at the Greensburg apartment began arguing over the sexual encounter. They finally decided to turn on Jennifer as a group.
When Jennifer visited to spend the evening, Knight admits they beat and tortured at length. He says Smyrnes pressured the other defendants into punching and stabbing Jennifer, who was apparently too confused to defend herself or flee.
At one point, "Ricky asked if she wanted to die," Knight told police. "She said no. He said 'Well, why are you letting us do this?' She didn't know."
| Melvin Knight says the three couples beat Jennifer together after she kept coming on to Smyrnes |
Knight now says he regrets the murder, but it's not exactly remorse. He says if he could rewind that day, he would let Smynres "do his own dirty work." Notice he didn't say he would have intervened to save Jennifer.
And as he testified at a hearing last week, the other defendants could be heard laughing at the defense table.
But at least they're all ratting each other. Smyrnes told detectives that it was Knight who threatened to kill the others if they didn't help him murder Jennifer. He admits to helping Knight dump the body, but only because he was afraid of him.
All six people are charged with homicide, conspiracy, assault and kidnapping.
Also see Jennifer Daugherty, Mentally Disabled, Was Tortured and Murdered by Her 'Friends'



As horrible an incident this is, it seems as though Jennifer wasn't the only mentally-retarted person.
Posted 03/08/2010 at 01:35:22 PMThanks for the update Pete. It sucks that they are still a**holes, and so nonchalant la-de-da about it. No remorse and no damn sense either it seems.
Posted 03/08/2010 at 01:36:02 PMGood brains (hardware) with crapware (bad software) loaded in it. Your responsible for yourself.
She was retarded. But these people have no excuse.
What will their jobs be when they get out of prison. Four of them likely will. Do you want them to work at a nursing home as a CNA if you live there?
Posted 03/08/2010 at 02:50:52 PMSooo... I should state now that I disagree with late-term abortions (especially after birth). Even when the "fetus" is known to be mentally handicapped.
By the way, dude, "retarded" is NOT the preferred nomenclature. Special needs. Please.
Posted 03/08/2010 at 03:02:04 PMIt's sad how no one in this world can take responsibility or their actions, instead they shit the blame around until they become tangled in their own web of lies. Hopefully neither of these bastards ever see the light of day again.
Posted 03/08/2010 at 03:32:04 PMQuote of the Day
"Instead they shit the blame around"
Posted 03/08/2010 at 04:22:04 PM@ Brian, you OK with them seeing the moonlight? or just forbidding the light of day?
Posted 03/08/2010 at 04:58:59 PMAlfred Dude
Posted 03/08/2010 at 05:09:05 PMMentally challenged;, handicaped; special needs. Do you see a progression here? You keep changing the name, because you lost. You lost & you will not admit it. It matters how people say it. You catch the tone of voice people use, so you come up with a new name. You are on your 3rd new name. Grats!
I prefer retarded. They may be retarded, but eventually they will get there, hopefully with better science! No disrespect to the victim was meant. I prefer the one word descriptions before PC came up with 2 or 3 word euphemisms for everything.
retarded means slow....and if you are mentally handicapped you are slow....besides whats the difference they dont know whats going anyway?
Posted 03/08/2010 at 05:24:04 PMWell, "Y", maybe I should put this another way: I hope those bastards suffer a fate worse than that they delivered to that defenseless woman. They cannot be allowed to see ANY form of light again(unless it's the light at the end of the tunnel, but that's a different story).
Posted 03/08/2010 at 05:47:05 PMPETE KOTZ:
Hey Pete! Thanks for the update! They are ALL POS! I see Asshole Bill Mancock is AGAIN starting shit with a poster, Bryan!
PLEASE, BOOT HIM! Before you know it, he will start ANOTHER big verbal fight...WATCH!
MCR:
If your still out there, and I hope you are, PLEASE COME BACK? We ALL miss you!
Bryan:
Are you really Ryan? The Marine? If not, I hope I did NOT bother you. If it is, how the hell are you? Did you read Pete's post about little Pretzel? What a little cupcake! You were the FIRST person I thought of cause, you would KILL this POS!
Posted 03/08/2010 at 06:23:55 PMAlfred: I have a brother, who, by the definition when we were children, is referred to, to this day, as retarded. The papers file every fall (I am his legal guardian) state him as being mentally retarded. He is not physically challenged as he is unable to do a single thing for himself. I am not into b Jennifer may have been special needs, the aseing PC, all the panty wastes out there who get their pampers in a wad up their butt need to grow the hell up & quit being a whiney ass. As for the assholes who tortured & killed her, they are a different form of retarded & I hope someone in prison makes them feel what Jennifer felt in the end.
Posted 03/08/2010 at 08:09:28 PMPETE KOTZ:
Hey Pete!
I think MCR was right! This asshole...Bill Mancock is INDEED this ROCKI person...whom I DON'T know...or care to!
I think you should "apologize" to MCR! She can get "HEATED" at times but, she is a good person! I ASSURE you, she NEVER THREATENED ANYONE!!!
This Bill Mancock person went sraight for MCR'S THROAT...for NO REASON! "IT" just wanted to start DRAMA! It's apparent "IT" knows her and this is WHY I feel it IS this ROCKI person!
At times, MCR can be VULGAR...the "C" word, which I, myself, find VERY OFFENSIVE...but, if you read ALL the posts, you will SEE that MCR did NOT start it!
I have come to believe, through research, that CUTE, little PRETZEL was of a "MIXED" breed. Once I know for sure, I will notify you!
Have a GREAT night! Your site ROCKS!!!
Posted 03/08/2010 at 09:21:55 PMPETE KOTZ:
Sorry to bother you again but, I forgot to mention in my last post to you that,it is VERY easy to CHANGE/HIDE your IP address OR use ANOTHER computer altogether...to HIDE your TRUE identity! I am NOT implying that you DON'T know this information! You are a journalist...NOT a baby sitter!
The REMARKS(POSTS) made to MCR were CRUEL AND MEAN and totally UNCALLED FOR! They were ALL really PERSONAL and at times, it's HARD to IGNORE VILE ATTACKS!!!
We are ALL entitled to OUR opinions and should RESPECT that right of OTHERS as well!!! Can't we all get along?
Great site...LATER!!!
Posted 03/08/2010 at 09:38:06 PMThis would be bad enough if she weren't special needs, but why didn't they talk to her about it instead of resorting to violence? Is compassion being bred out of humans? If she had a crush on the guy they could have tried telling her it wasn't appropriate. However I am suspicious about the boyfriend claiming she came on to him all the time. It could be true, but I think he is lying and just knew he could take advantage.
Posted 03/08/2010 at 10:18:24 PMOh and Alfred, , this isn't a guy who built the railroads here.
All 6 of these (friends)fed her vegetable oil, spices, detergent, urine and medications, then forced to write a suicide note, stabbed to death, wrapped in plastic, put in a garbage can and dumped in a school parking?
Jennifer Daugherty’s head had been shaved, and she had been bound with Christmas decorations and clothing; she also was hit with a towel rack, vacuum cleaner hose and a crutch.
Posted 03/09/2010 at 02:09:38 AMI just don't understand how one person could hurt another person. MG I would feel sick to my stomach. I could not live with myself; that poor little girl. I say that because mentally she had a child's mind. I can just imagine how frighten she must have been. God rest her Soul.
I agree with ECCENTRIC Celtic. They could have uninvited her. I think only 2 will serve significant time. They need the death penalty.
Posted 03/09/2010 at 10:59:20 AM@ Alfred. I agree mostly with your statement on late term abortion. However, the leftist are in charge & they are for it. Some of them advocate abortion up to the last minute & after that even. I wish I could remember the leftist talk show host, who said that. Maybe it was the one, who was arrested last year in San Fran, he used to work in Chicago.
Posted 03/09/2010 at 11:04:44 AMRereading this story and agreeing with sandys comment, if u disect this horrific crime down step by step, then each and every step along the way of this 33 HOUR period btw, is a part where they could have turned back b4 they did ALL these things to this poor child.It just shows how sick and deliberate the whole crime was. Sickening to the very core.
Posted 03/09/2010 at 09:41:04 PMI am not a fan of the death penalty at all but in this case I would make an exception these people are scumbags, to not only do this to a person who was incapable of defending themselves to find it funny?
They have so little respect and appreciation for the gift of life then they should forfeit theirs.
Animals every last one of them and they need never again be around other normal human beings.
Posted 03/10/2010 at 02:26:45 PMMaureen,
Please leave along with mcr.
Posted 03/11/2010 at 03:18:13 PMHi! I am ( was) friends with Jennifer. I also knew one of the suspects. Ricky haad also said he was going to kill another one of my friends. He is a sick man. They ALL did the crime, not one of them tried to stop it. It took 6 of them. I don't care if they have mental problems that doesn't give them the right to do what they did. They could have told her to go home. Ricky slept with Jennifer knowing his girlfriend would get mad. Ricky wanted Jennifer beat up. Why else would he sleep with her?
Posted 03/12/2010 at 04:23:06 PMretarded means slow? then i guess every one is retarded cause i kno damn well every one has a damn slow moment. what happened to her is beyond fucked up. i hope all them people get a beat down. she didnt understand what was happening to her and then they laugh about that? thats just rude. if i was the judge i would have sentenced them to cruel and unusual punishments.. maybe lied and let it get out in the prison they where there for sex acts on a minor. hell that really sets off inmates!
Posted 03/14/2010 at 02:44:45 PMI think that this is another example of the thoughtless cruelty that goes on. These people have to have something wrong with them to be able to commit such an act as a group and never stop it. Jennifer sounds like maybe she thought that since she had sexual relations with this guy,that in HER mind,they were a couple. She probably associated sex with love and so naturally she came on to him.He probably just took advantage of her because he could. When his girlfriend found out,she probably made threats. She was probably outraged and embarassed that her bf slept with a mentally handicapped person.For them to come to this as a resolution though,is completely crazy. They should all get the death penalty. All of them. They will do as all criminals do though,cry and beg not to be killed. They will want the judicial system to show them some compassion.These people seem to forget that they didn't show their victims any compassion.They ignored their crying and pleading.It is funny how when the tables are turned,they want all of the things their victims wanted-to live.
Posted 03/17/2010 at 03:16:03 PM"oh, you'll scream, they all scream!"
There's only one thing that makes getting up every morning possible when I know that I'm going to read some more news of just how awful we humans can be to each other - and lately the suspects are getting younger and younger - and that's the shred of hope that everyone will get their comeuppance at the designated time and place. If anyone's the biblical sort, vengeance is the Lord's job to take care of, so I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that he'll get around to everyone on the list.
Posted 04/12/2010 at 10:09:24 PMi knew Melvin knight from high school and i know from fighting with him countless times that Melvin had the personalty of a murderer.
well all i can say is he deserves to die for what he done
Posted 06/16/2010 at 02:35:16 PM