jafsell
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Hi, I am new to this forum! I am looking for more information on the case of Peggy Ann Barnes. There were only a few newspaper articles that I could actually find on the case. At the time, the police said the Peggy Ann Barnes would've known her killer but at the time, they do not have any suspects. I have done a lot of research and I haven't been able to find out any more information about her case, specifically whether they were ever able to find their suspect or if this is still a cold case. The case just particularly struck me because it seemed as if the killer would've had previous experience.
This was the only information that I was able to find on the case:
Daily News
June 5, 1985
"Daughter Discovers Nude Body Tied to Bed...Knox Woman Found Bound, Slain"
Knoxville- Knoxville police authorities today intensified investigation efforts in the murder of a Halls community woman.
Mrs. Peggy Ann Barnes, 40, was found dead at her home Monday by her 16-year-old daughter.
Jeannie Barnes was expecting to find her mother preparing supper as usual when she returned home from school Monday.
Instead, the Halls High School sophomore found the nude body of her mother tied to a bed, killed, and possibly raped.
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"Housewife Knew Her Killer, Knox Police Say"
Daily News
June 6, 1985
A 40-year-old housewife, whose nude body was found bound to a bed in her rural Knox County home, apparently knew the person who killed her, police say.
Peggy Ann Barnes was found Monday by her teenaged daughter who has returned to the family home near the Knox-Union County line after school, detectives said.
"Whoever did this had to know her and have this planned beforehand," Knoxville Police Lt. Herman Johnson said Tuesday. No arrests had been made as of late Tuesday.
Knox County Medical Examiner Dr. Randall Pedigo, who performed an autopsy, said the woman was killed between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Monday.
Investigators are "practically certain" the victim was sexually assaulted and strangled, Johnson said.
After the slaying, the killer apparently, walked out the front door which was open when the victim's 16-year-old daughter arrived about 3:45 p.m., he said.
There were no sign of forced entry, Johnson said. No pry marks were found at the windows and a back storm door was still locked, he said.
"To tie someone up like this indicates they had killing her in mind all along. It was probably someone she trusted," Johnson said. The woman's wrists were bound to the bed railing with rope, "similar to ski rope," police said.
-I also found an obituary for her husband, I believe.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/knoxnews/obituary.aspx?pid=167172041
This was the only information that I was able to find on the case:
Daily News
June 5, 1985
"Daughter Discovers Nude Body Tied to Bed...Knox Woman Found Bound, Slain"
Knoxville- Knoxville police authorities today intensified investigation efforts in the murder of a Halls community woman.
Mrs. Peggy Ann Barnes, 40, was found dead at her home Monday by her 16-year-old daughter.
Jeannie Barnes was expecting to find her mother preparing supper as usual when she returned home from school Monday.
Instead, the Halls High School sophomore found the nude body of her mother tied to a bed, killed, and possibly raped.
<modsnip>
"Housewife Knew Her Killer, Knox Police Say"
Daily News
June 6, 1985
A 40-year-old housewife, whose nude body was found bound to a bed in her rural Knox County home, apparently knew the person who killed her, police say.
Peggy Ann Barnes was found Monday by her teenaged daughter who has returned to the family home near the Knox-Union County line after school, detectives said.
"Whoever did this had to know her and have this planned beforehand," Knoxville Police Lt. Herman Johnson said Tuesday. No arrests had been made as of late Tuesday.
Knox County Medical Examiner Dr. Randall Pedigo, who performed an autopsy, said the woman was killed between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Monday.
Investigators are "practically certain" the victim was sexually assaulted and strangled, Johnson said.
After the slaying, the killer apparently, walked out the front door which was open when the victim's 16-year-old daughter arrived about 3:45 p.m., he said.
There were no sign of forced entry, Johnson said. No pry marks were found at the windows and a back storm door was still locked, he said.
"To tie someone up like this indicates they had killing her in mind all along. It was probably someone she trusted," Johnson said. The woman's wrists were bound to the bed railing with rope, "similar to ski rope," police said.
-I also found an obituary for her husband, I believe.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/knoxnews/obituary.aspx?pid=167172041
