Kendrick Eugene Knight, 26, was found dead on May 31, 2021, in a wooded area near his home in a small mobile home community in Huntersville, North Carolina. Knight had been shot and stabbed. His death was part of a series of violent events that unfolded over three days and left multiple people dead.

Huntersville police first responded to the home of 58-year-old Michael Eugene Elliot and found him dead from multiple gunshot wounds. The next day officers discovered Knight’s body nearby. The following day, 41-year-old Phillip Daryl Jewell was found shot to death in his home in the same community. Authorities say 21-year-old Michael Jacob Matocha, identified as the suspect, was later found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sergeant Odette Saglimbeni said Knight was the connection between all four individuals; Knight knew Matocha, Elliot and Jewell, while Matocha did not know Elliot or Jewell. No motive has been disclosed.

Did anyone in the community know more about Knight’s relationships with the others or have information that could explain what happened?