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The Raven Knocks
True Crime/Missing Persons/Cold Cases- I decided to begin a podcast regarding true crime because I feel like some of the victim's story never gets told due to it being to graphic or not admissible in court. I also think that Justice is lost in some of these cases and it's not right. I hope I can be a voice for the ones who lost theirs and perhaps make this world a slightly better place, and have you thinking more cautiously.
The Raven Knocks
A Father with A Hatchet & A Match
Imagine hearing the most chilling 911 call, one that marks the start of an unimaginable family tragedy. Join us as we unravel the haunting tale of Kenyatta's terrifying ordeal, where domestic violence escalated to a brutal act involving a hatchet and a shotgun. Her harrowing story is not only a call to arms against domestic violence but also a testament to the resilience of her young son, a survivor who bore witness to the horror and emerged, against all odds, with a voice that demands to be heard. We'll walk you through the distressing events, the delusional mindset of the perpetrator, and the urgent need for community vigilance to prevent such nightmarish scenarios.
The narrative continues with an unsettling courtroom drama as the accused attempts to justify his actions, reflecting on the intersection of religious extremism and personal delusion. We explore the broader societal impacts, drawing parallels to places like Yassin's Falafel House, where community kindness stands in stark contrast to acts of violence. This episode challenges the efficacy of our justice system and emphasizes the importance of prioritizing victims' voices. Together, we'll question the balance between justice and rights, aiming to shed light on the systemic flaws that often overshadow those who need justice the most.
911 calls start coming in. The neighbor is beating his girlfriend. Then another call with a scream of death. A house begins to smoke. Where are the kids? Is he holding a hatchet? Join us as we describe the night. A father chose a hatchet and a match.
Speaker 1:Please note that the content of this recording may contain graphic material, including torture, and explicit language may be used. The opinions are of my own and may be offensive to some listeners. They are my opinions, everyone has them and if you do not agree, then ignore them like an adult and move on. Listener, discretion is strongly advised. Hey guys, welcome to the Raven Knox.
Speaker 1:We've got another episode for you. I'm your host, amy, and I'm Jamie, your co-host, and welcome back. I appreciate you guys liking and subscribing and following and telling your friends. We are growing and I can't tell you how much I appreciate you guys liking and subscribing and following and telling your friends. We are growing and I can't tell you how much I appreciate that. This episode is about a child, so if you have issues with that, you may want to skip this episode and it's it's horrific, but I think it's important. Kids are hard for me, but I do think it's important to get their stories out here told and also to let you know the people that are walking amongst you. Also to make you maybe be a little bit more aware of paying a little bit more attention when you see that child in a grocery store or if she's sitting in your classroom, to kind of be a little bit more observant. But with that said, we'll go ahead and get started.
Speaker 1:What's the address of the emergency, ma'am? What's the address of your emergency? Help me, please. What's your address? Help me please. Where? Oh no, what's your address? Help me please when? Oh no, what the? Yeah, oh my God, what's going on? I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry, ma'am. Hello, ma'am. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry, ma'am. What's going on? I'm so sorry. All right, ma'am, hello, hello. A second 911 call comes in. What's's saying in the background? Okay, so the male's voice in the background. You heard him say Allah Akbar, which means God is the greatest. He also his 911 call says Hell, no, bitch, why don't you sit the fuck down before I kill your bitch-ass nigga right now. Come out here and help me kill this bitch now. So that's what he is saying.
Speaker 1:We literally just witnessed the murder on the 9-1-1 call. Yes, you just heard her getting beat in the head with a butt of a shotgun and it's so severe that it completely deformed the shotgun. Oh, my god, I don't. I don't know if you've ever I know you have. I mean, we were raised around guns, but I don't know if you've ever seen a shotgun in the butt of a shotgun. I've never seen one deformed before, but they show it, it's, it's deformed. I mean I have, but they've been old and and been around and passed down for years and years and dropped in the woods and whatever you know. Yeah, but wow, yeah, oh, my God, that says so much. Now, this is after he shot her in the arm. So not only has she been shot, but now he's beat her in the head with the shotgun.
Speaker 1:So I wanted to play the 9-1-1 call because I could not describe and give her scream the I don't know how to say it the authenticity, maybe Right. Well, it's hard to imagine a death scream. Yeah, because it's hard to express in words the amount of fear and emotion that's tied to such an expression. When you hear it live, it's so raw. Yeah, knowing in the back of your mind what's going on, yeah, that you just heard that. Yeah, so that's, that's what's going on.
Speaker 1:Um, when officers arrived, they found a house that was on fire and kenyetta, which is the unfortunate, precious soul that was in the driveway. She was clinging to life. She had been shot in the shoulder arm area and, like I said, he used the butt of the shotgun to beat the life out of her. She had 15 lacerations to her head, seven skull fractures, a fracture to the base of her skull, several facial fractures, a fractured jaw and she was missing a lot of teeth. And again, it was so fat, uh bad, that it deformed the shotgun, and that's one hell of a beating. Several facial fractures, a fractured jaw and she was missing a lot of teeth, and again, it was so bad that it deformed the shotgun, and that's one hell of a beating. She would later pass at the hospital. So she was still alive. She was still alive. So we didn't witness. We witnessed the act of the murder, but not the finishing of her life. That happened later at the hospital. Yeah, we basically, basically we listened to her as she was dying.
Speaker 1:Yeah, wow, now they soon seen a man coming out of the garage covered in blood, and this would be steven o'neill, and you know he's the guy that is responsible for all this. It took several officers and a taser to subdue him and once he was placed in the back of the squad car, he began yelling Allah Afgar, and he was also yelling that Kenyatta was the devil, and so were his children, his children, yes, they had seen a young boy who was eight years old emerging from the house and he was holding his stomach. He was trying to hold in his intestines. Oh my God, how old was he? Eight years old. He had been stabbed. He had also been burned. Burns had covered 30% of his little body. He was covered in gasoline, had covered 30% of his little body. He was covered in gasoline. Yet, despite all of this, he was able to tell him that his father had killed his mother.
Speaker 1:Firefighters were having a hard time in the house. It was very hard to see and they kept slipping and falling on something. Well, that something ended up being a nine-year-old little girl's blood. A firefighter found her and brought her outside and was totally horrified and scarred for life. There lay an unrecognizable little girl covered in blood and burns. She had been hacked to death by a hatchet oh my god, a hatchet that was in her father's hands when they approached him. No, okay, he's the one that done it. Okay, the firefighter stated that he wept along with other firefighters at the scene, like how could you not?
Speaker 1:What made it so much worse is, this little girl was born with cerebral palsy, so she had difficulty getting around. She would sometimes resort to a wheelchair. She was also severely autistic, so she was non-verbal. She couldn't run, she couldn't scream, my God, she had zero defenses. No one would be able to hear her silent cries, but her brother would boldly testify to seeing tears coming down her face when he saw his own father hit her in the head with a hatchet over and over again.
Speaker 1:The son, who was eight at the time, was now 11 and he bravely took the stand. Not only was he taking the stand, but his wonderful father decided to represent himself, which is his right. So he was going to be questioned by the man who burned and stabbed him, killed his mother and his sister. Oh my God, the bravery of that young man to face his own father, yep, as he chose to cross-examine him, even though his father was gentle during this. So, unlike his dramatic, loud, angry, aggressive opening statements, no matter how gentle you are, don't you think you've put this child through enough. I mean, we all know what you did, can? Kenyetta herself identified you on the 911 call and told them that you were trying to kill her. So why put him through all this? You know it's like it's all about you. You know well, it's really all going to be about you, sir.
Speaker 1:Now I'm going to play you just a very, very small portion of his opening statement, very, very small portion of his opening statement. And when I say he was loud and dramatic and, you know, aggressive, those are just words, but you're going to hear exactly what I'm talking about. So I'm going to go ahead and play this clip. The evidence is going to show that we are under some of the most vicious I am fabricating fictitious government you ever seen. By the time it's all said and done, you will see who is the mass murderer. Oh my god, I have never heard such a psychotic sounding human being in my life. I mean, well, let me tell you, when I pulled it up, my and and excuse my language but I was like what the fuck? I mean like, no, kidding, this is a court of law. Like how are you allowed to act like that in a court of law. I mean, you're screaming and like forcibly, like going at it with the jury. These are the people that's going to determine your fate and you're talking to them like that.
Speaker 1:And what law and order did you watch? Where that happened? You know, they did mention that one of the commentators had mentioned he had watched every episode of law and order in order to pull this off. Oh, he thought he was a self-made attorney. Yes, a tv show. Oh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:And let me tell you when, when he had to actually perform the legal duties, you know it was atrocious. Yes, he would ask a question and you would have to wait like five minutes, and I'm not even exaggerating, it was like five to eight minutes. You know, it was literally like five, eight minutes. Oh, that's excruciating. I'm like, come on, dude. I mean no wonder this. You know this video is two hours long. I mean shit, you know, just to ask a question. Yeah, it was awful, it was. I mean, it was obvious that. Can you imagine what the council was thinking at the time? They're, they're sitting there thinking, oh, this is going to be a long, long day. Oh, yeah, the dude had his pen and I'm like, yeah, I'd be clicking my pen, I'd be like dude, you know, just, yeah, I had to be painful, but this son, his name was redacted for privacy. He sat there bravely along with his service dog. Oh, her name is Tybette. She's a golden retriever and I think that's great. I love dogs.
Speaker 1:He begins that saying that his mother and father had been arguing in their room about religion. It seemed that O'Neill wanted Kenyetta to convert to Islam. They were very loud and shouting, and when he looked outside his bedroom door and down towards their bedroom, his mother told him to get back into his room. Now, when he had looked down, he had saw his father holding a shotgun, and he recognized that shotgun because it stayed under their bed. At one point, his mother ran into his sister's room, which was right across the hall from his. His sister had been sitting on her bed. His dad told him to walk around and begin chanting Allah Abgar, which is God is the greatest, and so he did. He walked into the living room. That's when he hears a single shot. His dad called for him to come back into the room where he was, which was his sister's room, and to come kill this bitch, referring to his mother.
Speaker 1:Wow, when he came into the room, his father put the shotgun in his hands and held it with him. You know like, held it with him, you know like, put it around it and pulled the trigger and it fired and he wasn't sure if it actually hit anything or not. Then his dad grabbed the gun and told him to go into the garage and retrieve a hunting knife knife. He did, but he was unable to find the knife. Thank God, yeah, which I don't know. This is religious extremist to. Yeah, oh, my God, I mean it, it. I mean both ways are bad, but I don't know. I think I'd rather get stabbed by a knife than beaten to death with a gun. I don't know, I can't even see that as a two-way street.
Speaker 1:I know he said he was standing by their house phone when his mom ran out of his sister's room and out the front door and his father was running after her and she still had the shotgun in his hands. His father wasn't outside for very long when he came back inside. His father wasn't outside for very long when he came back inside and then his father drug his sister out from her room by one arm into their bedroom. He watched as he hit his sister in the back of the head with a hatchet. Tears came from her eyes. Then he hit her in the head. He said he watched her eyes roll and blood went everywhere. He hit her in the neck, face and torso.
Speaker 1:Once he was finished with the hatchet, he took a can of gasoline and poured it everywhere in that room and on her. He lit a match, dropped it and the fire went up. He said he didn't remember if he closed the door or not. He then had him go to the garage and he had him to lay on his stomach. His dad then placed his foot on his back and poured gasoline on him, took a tissue and he was trying to light a match. When he got free and ran into the kitchen, his dad ran after him, cornered him, pulled out a drawer, took out a knife and stabbed him. He doesn't remember exactly how he got burned, but 30% of his body was burned. He remembers looking out the front door to lots everywhere. So he manages to push himself up and get to the door. He finds someone and the next thing he remembers he's in the hospital. He had to have emergency surgery. He wasn't expected to survive. He still has to have doctor's visits for the injuries he received three years prior, but he was finally finished the treatments for his burns. Now he remembers his dad calling on his cell phone and telling someone that he had just killed somebody and this happened in the garage. That someone would be his stepfather.
Speaker 1:O'neal grew up in a stable home. He went to church and was a member of the church choir. He also wanted to go to the Marines after high school, but he couldn't pass the entrance exam. Wow, but he's representing himself in court. He met kenyatta and they had their baby girl, but she was born with cerebral palsy and was later diagnosed as autistic, non-verbal. A year later, little ronnie was born and him and his sister had a very close bond.
Speaker 1:It wasn't long before o'neill and Kenyetta split up and O'Neill went with another relationship and had even had another child, and Kenyetta was getting on with her life. She was working and going to college, she had a nice house for the kids and everything seemed to be going great until O'Neill was involved in a drive-by shooting and he almost died. Well, no one would allow them or allow him to stay with him because they were afraid, but kenyetta opened her home to him. Wow, thinking this is my kid's dad, like I can't just let him yeah, whatever, and you know she had to have thought I at one time I loved him. It may not be this way now, but I have a heart for humanity, right, kind of tells you what kind of person she is. Yeah, she was kind enough to let him stay with her and it wasn't long before he took that kindness and returned it by beating the life out of her, hitting her baby girl with a hatchet over and over until she died, setting her in fire and taking her son, stabbing him, leaving him for dead, burning him, setting the house on fire that she had built for them. That's a nice thank you.
Speaker 1:Now, as you know, o'neal was extremely dramatic in his opening statement. He was saying that the police had tampered with evidence because they didn't have enough to convict him, so they had to make it look like they did With evidence. Because they didn't have enough to convict him, so they had to make it look like they did, you know. And again I had to do a double take, you know, because I was like where is your respect? Obviously, he didn't have much of an intellect To start with, but the religious extremists like that. They tend to be Just just all the way on one side and they haven't done the proper research. But or, they would understand, you know.
Speaker 1:And then he takes this, and if he had been allowed to be in society anymore, that would have expanded into other oh, yeah, absolutely. Now, he wasn't, you know, he grew up in a christian home, and I'm not saying that muslims are, uh, you know, terrorists or extremists or anything like that. No, because he was an extreme. Yes, he was, um, they're, they're on in every religion. Religion has extremists, exactly, and, you know, mean, it seemed like they wanted to make a big point and what he was saying, you know, which, translated into God, is the greatest, you know. Allah, you know, and I think Arabic is is God, you know, and and I do have friends that are Arabic, you know, and she was the, or she is the most, oh, she's got the biggest heart of anybody, I know, you know.
Speaker 1:And then we have a guy that runs the falafel house, you know, and yassins, yes, and I tell you this guy, what makes me sick is he comes over here from another country and then us amer Americans damage and destroy his restaurant because he's foreign, but instead of getting mad, he'll put, you know he put a sign out. You know if you need a job, you know, come in, I'll give you a job. You know when they stole money and stuff, you know if you need money, come in here. If you need something to eat, come in here. Like he didn't retaliate. He, the way he retaliated, I guess, but was by showing kindness, right and eventually by doing so, I mean, his place grew and he is known for his generosity, yeah, by the way.
Speaker 1:By the way, folks, if you ever make your way through knoxville, tennessee, knoxville, tennessee, you guys must visit one of the locations of Yassin's Falafel House. You have not tasted bitter tzatziki like euros, anything. You have to go to Yassin's, they are so awesome. Just a shout out to Yassin's Falafel House and for all you people out there at some point in time you will come through the hub of Knoxville, tennessee. If you travel, go there, it's worth it and the people there are great. Everybody's welcome. It doesn't matter, he's got this biggest heart and it's like Americans hello.
Speaker 1:Why can't we be like that exactly? I mean, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, you know so, um, but yeah, a lot of people there's, you know. I mean, think of the christians that had the extremist. You know that they committed to. You know the suicides and and all that stuff that they done. I mean, what we're saying is they're islamic. Yeah, okay, uh, but again, religion. To me, you know, it doesn't matter what religion you are. You could be an extremist.
Speaker 1:So this guy, regardless, he's just an extremist, and you know I tend to leave the religion out of that. But he even says GD in the courtroom. It's funny how that happens, isn't it? Yeah, of course the judge. You know she got on to him, but like, but throughout history, how many wars? At the surface of every war there seems to be a god complex. In the name of god. Yeah, we create violence and hate. Yeah, it's, it's crazy, but I forget.
Speaker 1:You know he ain't a lawyer. He's the lowest piece of shit on the planet and because the laws are as they are, we have to listen to this piece of shit to be fair. To be fair. But how is it fair for the son, the daughter, the mother? They didn't even get a chance to state their case. They have to rely on others to tell us what they think happened. They can't tell you how it felt, what really went on, how it affected them what they did or didn't do.
Speaker 1:Yet the ones who takes that away gets to spend all the time in the world saying whatever he chooses. He can make up whatever he wants, say good or bad things about the victim, and the victims can't say anything. And we can't say anything because that would make it unfair. Yeah, but yet another reason why we do this podcast. Yeah, the voice to the victim. Yeah, and they say it's unfair. Unfair, my ass. The justice system burns my ass. It's so backward. I don't have a law degree, I'm just a simple redneck woman, but I can see. You know it's just unfair. Disclaimer it's not so redneck that we leave the lights on the front porch after Christmas. True, I don't even have Christmas lights, but I grew up and our Christmas lights stayed on all year long.
Speaker 1:Well, so O'Neill was very angry that he was not allowed to hold the prosecution's piece of evidence, which was the deformed shotgun, which is good. I wonder if he wanted to relive that moment of power that he had when he took the lives of his family. Probably this seems to be an MO of perpetrators, as we've learned. One positive thing come of this case an officer that responded to the call was only there to secure the scene, but he stayed with a child, a child that he had never met until that day, and when a social worker asked if he knew anyone that would be willing to adopt this little boy, him and his wife said that they would. And now he is adopted. He's very happy, stable, very loved and in a secure environment.
Speaker 1:Now the judge found him guilty after being out for four hours. They found him guilty of two counts of first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, arson. Two counts of aggravated physically hurting a child and resisting an officer, and he said he was not sorry for the things he did not do and he was not sorry for the things that he did do. Huh yeah. Now the judge roasted him in the very best way, as she stated this is the worst case I've ever seen. There is no way a normal person, after seeing the photos of your little girl, will not be haunted for the rest of their life. The cruelty of it all out of the goodness of her heart.
Speaker 1:Kenyetta, when you had nowhere else to go, she allowed you to come, stay in her home, only for you to take her life and the life of her child. The scream on that 911 call. You ever want to hear a scream of death? Listen to that call. That is the scream of someone who knows that they're going to die. Your little girl was so special.
Speaker 1:You could tell that Kenyetta had done everything she could to create a beautiful home for her family. I noticed that your little girl's room, before you set it on fire, could tell that she tried so hard to make her feel like a princess. She did everything she could and I noticed that on the kitchen refrigerator there were magnets that said faith, love, family, hope. And you know what else was on that refrigerator that night. It got splattered with blood, blood all over it due to what happened. Her little girl couldn't scream, she couldn't run away and she witnessed what you did to her mother shooting her. She knew and the horror that that child suffered and she already had a life where she was born with challenges regarding her physical and mental disabilities. But the pain and suffering that she suffered that night at your hands is unspeakable, absolutely unspeakable.
Speaker 1:At that moment, the first time, you struck her in the head with that hatchet and little Ronnie testified that all he could see was tears coming out of his sister's face. At that moment that child knew. She knew that she was being betrayed in the cruelest, most tragic and sorrowful way that a child could ever be betrayed. She was being betrayed by her parent. The one person that should be there to protect their children and love them and keep them from harm them. And keep them from harm. That was the last thing that child felt before she passed on from this earth was your utter rule of betrayal to her. I read somewhere and I don't know if this is true, I have no idea but I read somewhere that souls pick their lives and they know exactly how difficult their lives will be before they enter into this world. I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, your daughter is one of the bravest souls that I have ever came across in my 54 years on this planet. One of the bravest souls ever Because she suffered so traumatically.
Speaker 1:I will be sentencing you to the maximum that I can under the law. This is the worst case I have seen in my life and I have seen horrible cases. Count one. Life without parole. Count two. Life without parole consecutive to count 1. Count 3. Life without parole consecutive to count 1 and count 2. Count 4. 30 years consecutive to counts 1, 2, and 3. Count 5. 30 years consecutive to count 1, 2, two and three. Count five 30 years consecutive to count one, two, three and four. Count six 30 years consecutive to count one, two, three, four and five. Count seven time served During this roasting he moved back and forth, could be still and was making a noise.
Speaker 1:I was waiting on him to blow up and make a scene, but he didn't. This story is horrid and I hope he rots in prison. I mean, I hope he has nightmares every single night and it tortures his mind every single day until the day that he dies. Well, if he lacks empathy, that's unlikely, but we can hope that that's the case and that in some way, that justice will be served by torture of his mind, knowing that he has to stay alive with that torture every single day. The truth is, he was the biggest coward in this story, and not only that. I mean, if I I have to take comfort in the fact that I know that if they don't get justice here, they're gonna get justice later. Yeah, so what happened to the little man? So, the little man, you know, he got adopted by the police officer and he is doing great. That is awesome. What a story, yeah. So I am so proud of this boy Because the bravery and when he was on that stand you couldn't see him, but you could hear him. His voice wasn't shaking, you know he answered yes and no to his questions, you know he, he gave his testimony as to what happened and he was unshakable like you could. You could feel his strength, you know. And that young man is probably going to grow up and do some of the biggest things. I hope so. I hope that he just creates a legacy that is unmatched in the name of his mother and his sister and his story, and that it serves to protect a group of innocent people in the future. I hope so.
Speaker 1:I mean we see a lot of people, well, I mean we see some that grow up that's been abused and become abusers, which I don't understand. You know. I think that you know I was abused as a child in a way and I would never, ever do that to my child because I know how that feels. So I really have an issue understanding how an abused child grows up to be an abuser. That it's hard for me to wrap my head around. It's hard for me to wrap my head around.
Speaker 1:I think in some instances there's just this core piece that is inside of you. It's born inside of you to either be a fighter and to make good or make an example of the experiences that we have in our life, and we can either grow better or grow bitter, and that is something that you could possibly be born with. Yeah, kind of nature versus nurture. Yeah, it always boils down To nature versus nurture and that's one of the biggest questions that is in psychology today, and you know that's a thing.
Speaker 1:I mean this happens, you know, when he's eight years old. That is a crucial time for a child, absolutely especially, you know, because the part of the brain I think it's like the frontal lobe, yeah is developing, yeah, and so that's a very pivotal time for a child. So, but I mean he's in a really good home and I know that they've got him in, you know, really good therapy and stuff. So I really hope. And then there's a lot of people out there that have suffered abuse and you know they've turned out to be outstanding citizens and they give back and they help other people. You know, godspeed to young little Ronnie. Yes, thank you, ronnie. Yes, thank you, ronnie. Yes, and that concludes this episode. This episode is brought to you by and sponsored by, southern Sass. If you haven't already, please like, subscribe and share. We are on all platforms and until next time, you guys, be safe. Peace out, guys.
