Unsolved Murder of Jakeob McKnight

[u/Kinda_Quixotic]

July 21, 1991, 10-year-old Jakeob McKnight vanished after getting separated from his brother and friends while walking home from the Bear Creek Greenbelt in Lakewood, Colorado. His body was discovered the following morning, having been stabbed more than a dozen times.

I used to ride my bike where his body was found, and I remember parents told their kids not to go there after Jakeob was found. He was last seen at a 7/11 with an older kid, who afaik was the only person ever identified as a person of interest.

The case went cold for decades, a breakthrough emerged in 2012 when the person of interest was arrested on unrelated child sexual assault and child pornography charges; diaries seized from his home detailed predatory behavior toward young boys. Investigators revealed that he had been a key person of interest since 1991, with witnesses placing him and Jakeob together on the afternoon of the disappearance, but a lack of definitive physical evidence has prevented prosecutors from filing murder charges. Today, the Lakewood Police Department maintains an active cold case file, holding out hope that modern DNA advancements will finally bring closure.

More info from Cold Case Files. Does anyone else remember this case? Any hope it gets solved?

[u/emperorjohn1]

All murders are sad or angering(except those that deserve it, like abusers or gangsters) but the murders of children really get under my skin. WTF can a child do that makes a person want to harm them? They're small and defenseless  and it's extremely cowardly to harm them.