Gregory McKnight

McKnight arrived on Ohio's death row following his sentencing. In 2015, McKnight volunteered for execution, saying he wanted to die for his crimes. He later recanted that statement. In 2020, McKnight alleged racism during his trial and claimed white jurors had been heard making racial slurs. McKnight is awaiting execution at Chillicothe Correctional Institution.

Nevertheless, the trial began on October 1, 2002. Despite the argument about the cost of a fair trial, McKnight still faced a death sentence if convicted. To convince the jury of McKnight's guilt, prosecutors collected items previously seized from his residence; a shovel, a brush cutter, an axe, and a hunting knife were compared to marks of Julious' bones, but the shovel was ruled out, and the other items were inconclusive. Due to uncertainty over how Julious was killed, prosecutors decided not to seek the death penalty for his murder. They did seek the death penalty for Murray's murder since they knew he had shot her once in the head.

On May 12, 2000, 20-year-old Greg Julious was last seen alive by friends. The following day, McKnight, an acquaintance of Julious, abducted and killed him. He dismembered his body and hid it in his yard. Seven months later he abducted 20-year-old Kenyon College student Emily Murray. Murray worked at a restaurant near the campus. McKnight also worked at the restaurant, and left work minutes after Murray left. He caught up with Murray and kidnapped her. He brought her back to his house and shot her once in the head, killing her. He wrapped her body with a carpet and hid it in his trailer.

In 1992, McKnight, then 15, shot and killed a man in Columbus, Ohio. He was arrested and convicted under a juvenile court and sentenced to serve a short sentence at the Circleville Youth Center. He was released in 1997 and later married a woman named Kathryn. Kathryn had worked at the Youth Center, but it is unknown how the two met.

Gregory B. McKnight (born November 14, 1976) is an American serial killer who murdered two people and buried their bodies on his property in Chillicothe, Ohio, between May and November 2000. He committed the killings two years after his release for a 1992 murder he committed in Columbus, Ohio. McKnight was sentenced to death for the 2000 murders and is currently awaiting execution.

Gregory McKnight was born November 14, 1976. He was raised in Queens, New York.