Serial Killer Mom Tortured Her Girls And Went On A Killing Spree

Three people mysteriously disappeared from the Knotek residence without a trace.

The Mystique
6 min readAug 1, 2022
Shelly Knotek, America’s Most Evil Mom turned serial killer | Photo Credits: Thought Nova

Shelly Knotek, 39, lived with her husband and three daughters in Raymond, Washington. She doted on her girls and selflessly took in friends and family in need.

However, Shelly was ‘America’s Most Evil Mom’ behind closed doors. Ironically, the people she loved the most were the ones who suffered the greatest at her hands.

Dark Childhood

Shelly with her third husband, David Knotek | Photo Credits: ati

Shelly was born in an abusive household to an alcoholic mother who left when she was young.

Her mother’s absence caused a shift in Shelly, and she began tormenting her younger brothers. When she turned 13, she learned a shocking family secret.

Her mother had not abandoned her; rather, her father had beaten her to death. Shelly went insane and put glass in her shoes. She wanted to punish her father for what he did, so she wrongly accused him of rape when she was 15.

Two years later, Shelly ran away from her grandmother’s home and eloped with her…

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