TN TN- Jerry Cope, 38, trans woman, performed as 'P-Knutts', left work @ Brown Derby Tavern, jumped from behind & throat slit, Clarksville, 14/1/93.

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In a photograph from the mid-80s, drag queen Amanda Leigh, left, hugs her friend, drag queen Jerry “P-Knutts” Cope, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in Clarksville, Tenn.
Provided by Amanda Leigh
March 30 2025

Drag queen Jerry Cope was killed in 1992. The case remains unsolved 33 years later.

Police, friends still seeking answers in 33 year old homicide of Clarksville drag queen Jerry Cope, also known as P-Knutts.

www.tennessean.com

''On Jan. 14, 1992, Jerry Cope, a transgender woman who often performed in drag under the name P-Knutts, was leaving work as a bartender at Brown Derby Tavern in Clarksville when someone jumped her from behind and slit her throat.''

''Investigators at the time said there were two footprints in the blood, one set from tennis shoes, another from cowboy boots.
Decades later, it's still unclear if two people were involved.''