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The Chilling Story Of Serial Killer Shelly Knotek · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: Michelle Shelley Notek appeared to enjoy a seemingly idyllic existence.
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  She was supported by a devoted husband and was raising
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  her three daughters in a rural home in Raymond, Washington.
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  The couple was recognized for their generosity, often inviting friends
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  and family in need to stay with them. However, a
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  troubling pattern emerged as these guests began to mysteriously vanish.
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  The first individual to go missing under Shelley no Tech's
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  care was her longtime friend Kathy Loreno. The two had
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  cohabited in no Tech's residents for five years before Loreno
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  disappeared in nineteen ninety four. Notech maintained to inquirers that
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  Loreno had merely chosen to start anew elsewhere. This explanation
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  was repeated when two additional individuals also went missing from
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  her home. Ultimately, Shelley Noech's three daughters courageously stepped forward
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  to share a disturbing account. They revealed that all three
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  had suffered physical abuse at the hands of their parents,
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  and that their house guests had been murdered. They recounted
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  instances of Nottex starving, drugging, and torturing her victims. Compelling
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  guests to leap from the roof, pouring bleach on their
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  open wounds, and forcing them to consume urine. Although Shelley
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  no Teck was apprehended and sentenced to prison in two
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  thousand and four, she served only eighteen years before her
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  release in November twenty twenty two, leaving her daughters in
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  a state of fear regarding what might transpire next. Shelley
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  Knotek's tortured early life. Michelle Shelley no Tech born on
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  April fifteenth, nineteen fifty four, remained closely tied to her
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  hometown of Raymond, Washington throughout her life. Even her subsequent
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  aieeen year incarceration did not take her more than two
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  hours north of her birthplace, As reported by Greg Olsen,
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  a journalist for The New York Times who authored a
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  revealing account of Shelley Knotek in twenty nineteen titled If
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  You Tell a True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and
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  the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood. Her formative years were marked
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  by significant trauma. Being the eldest of three children, Notek
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  and her brothers were raised by their mother, Sharon, who
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  struggled with mental illness and alcoholism. In addition to her
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  drinking habits, Sharon engaged in a perilous lifestyle, leading some
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  relatives to speculate that she may have been involved in prostitution.
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  Shelley Knotek wasn't a victim, but she played the part.
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  In March nineteen sixty nine, four thirteen year old Shelley
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  revealed her true nature. She failed to return home from school,
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  prompting Stallings and Watson to contact the school, where they
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  learned that Shelley was at a juvenile detention facility. However,
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  the reality was far more alarming than their worst fears.
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  Shelley Notteck was not in any legal trouble. She had
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  made a grave accusation against her father, claiming he had
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  raped her. Stallings later found a well worn copy of
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  True Confessions in Shelley's room, featuring a striking headline that
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  read I was raped at fifteen by my dad. A
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  subsequent medical examination validated Stalling's concerns Shelley had fabricated the
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  story of rape. She underwent several therapy sessions, both individually
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  and with her family, but these efforts were futile. Shelley
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  steadfastly maintained her belief in her own innocence. Ultimately, she
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  moved in with Stalling's parents, Yet she persisted in her
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  attempts to disrupt the lives of those around her. Her
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  outbursts continued. She volunteered to babysit the neighbour's children, only
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  to confine them in their rooms using heavy furniture. She
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  even made false allegations of abuse against her grandfather. This
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  pattern of manipulation and deceit extended into her adulthood, encompassing
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  two marriages, the birth of two daughters, Nicki and Sammy,
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  and reaching a pivotal moment in the spring of nineteen
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  eighty two when she encountered a construction worker and Navy
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  veteran named David Noek. The couple wed five years later
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  in nineteen eighty seven, how Shelley Notek murdered three people
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  who were all close to her. At this point, loreno
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  had shed over one hundred pounds, her body bore numerous
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  brus uses, cuts, and saws. Following a particularly severe assault,
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  she was left unconscious in the basement. Although Shelley had departed,
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  David heard disturbing sounds emanating from the laundry room Upon investigation,
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  he discovered Cathy choking on her own vomit. Her eyes
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  rolled back in her head. David quickly turned her on
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  to her side and attempted to clear her mouth of
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  the vomit with his fingers, but his efforts proved futile.
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  After five minutes of performing CPR, it became painfully clear
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  that Kathy Loreino had succumbed to death. I realize I
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  should have contacted nine one one, David later recounted, but
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  given the circumstances, I was reluctant to involve the police.
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  I didn't want Shelley to face consequences, nor did I
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  want the children to endure that trauma. I was terrified
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  this would destroy their lives and our family. I panicked,
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  I truly did. I was at a loss for what
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  to do. When Michele became aware of Loreno's demise, she
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  persuaded her husband and children that they would all face
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  imprisonment if they disclosed the truth to anyone acting on
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  his wife