Kathleen Hawkins McKnight, 62, and her husband Roderick Keith McKnight, 64, were found dead in their Blanchard, Louisiana, home on Attaway Hill Lane on April 18, 2024. Investigators have described the scene as a double homicide.

Authorities identified the couple’s 26-year-old son, Michael McKnight, as a person of interest. He was later seen on a resident’s security camera, prompting a multi-agency search that included Caddo patrol deputies, the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force, K9 units, and the David Wade Correction Chase Team. A perimeter was set near Walter B. Jacob Park; Michael was located in a primitive shelter beneath a fallen tree there and taken into custody by a Caddo Sheriff’s K9 officer.

Michael McKnight was transported to the Caddo Correction Center for questioning and has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Kathleen and Roderick McKnight. Does anyone in the Blanchard area have information about the family or what led up to April 18?