Karen Knight

Karen Knight was one of the suspects in the murder investigations of mayor Annette Arbor in Uncivil Rights (Case #47 of Pacific Bay), CEO Teresa Turing in Immortal Sin (Case #49 of Pacific Bay), programmer Bob Levene in Programmed To Kill (Case #50 of Pacific Bay), and college student Danny Moto in A Killer Among Us (Case #56 of Pacific Bay). In Case #57 of Pacific Bay, Karen was murdered.

Profile
Karen is a 55-year-old businesswoman who also is the vice president, then CEO of Meteor Systems. She also happens to be the ex-wife of Frank Knight, one of the player's partners. She wears a black suit jacket over a red shirt and with a hankercheif on her right side.

In her first appearance, Karen has an oil stain on her suit an it is known that she often gambles and has knowledge in mechanics.

In her second appearance, it is discovered that she uses hand weights, eats sushi, and uses rejuvenating cream.

In her third appearance, it is shown that she knows binary code and plays chess.

In her fourth appearance, it is discovered that she knows electronics and drinks whiskey.

Uncivil Rights
Frank and the player talked with Karen after Yann Toussaint finished analyzing a hand cream sample with her DNA in it. She goes on to remember the last time they met, where Frank lost a bet for returning to his home. When asked about the mayor, she said they were good friends and were working on the Robot Act together. Karen said this would've helped the both of them, Annette would be famous and Karen would be rich.

Karen was due for another interrogation after the team managed to find an order given to Karen by Meteor Systems to deal with the victim. When she was confronted with the memo, she replied saying the victim wanted to give the robots power. Meteor Systems only wanted the robots to be accepted, saying that no one would want the robots if they asked for wages. When Frank suggested she could be the killer, Karen said that her bosses only wanted her to talk to Annette, nothing more.

Karen was found innocent when the team incarcerated Larry Newark for the mayor's murder, but the team wasn't finished talking to her yet. The team managed to find a proposal allowing for the mass production of robots. The only issue with it would be that there would be more robots than humans in Innovation Valley, all produced and controlled by Meteor Systems. Hannah managed to find it was written by Karen, so Frank and the player went to speak with her. When they confronted her about the contract, she said that Frank always refused that kind of progression. Karen also said there was nothing to fear and that robots are a good thing.

Immortal Sin
Karen was brought into another investigation when the player and Amy found an order for 200 jellyfish she signed. Considering they were the murder weapon, it warranted another chat with her. Karen said she signed the invoice because the victim wanted to study them in the underwater lab. She also said that Teresa wanted to replicate their ability to regenerate so she could make humans immortal. Karen was shocked to hear of Teresa's death, and wanted to ensure her own safety considering the previous investigation of their prior CEO.

She was spoken to again after hearing an announcement that she would take over as Meteor Systems' CEO, and that she would cancel all of Teresa's experiments. Amy was surprised to hear of this rapid change of development, but she replied saying she had been carrying the weight of the company for years. She said that Meteor Systems needed someone with a clear progressive direction, and that she had nothing to do with Teresa's death.

Karen was found innocent again after the team incarcerated the victim's mother, Greta Meduse. However, she was briefly spoken to again about Meteor Systems researching cyborgs. After finding a document about the creation of cyborg dogs, and an analysis from Hannah Choi, they thought this went against Karen's vision for the company. Karen said that this was the first time she heard of it, and that she cannot oversee every single experiment. She admitted she was lost due to the murder investigations of Ernest and Teresa Turing, and gave the team free reign over the lab to find more evidence on the cyborg experiment.

Programmed To Kill
Karen was flagged as a suspect for a third time when the player and Amy found a recording of her saying to inform security of any sighting of Bob Levene, who happened to be the victim. Karen said that she fired him because she thought he didn't fit the company anymore, but he wouldn't go away and kept trespassing. Although furious at him, she was still surprised to hear of Bob's death.

Karen was spoken to again after the team found a briefcase filled with money from her to victim, with a note saying to "hush up and walk away". When asked about the money and note, Karen replied saying that Bob was spreading lies about Meteor Systems conducting evil schemes. Amy thought that giving him so much money was a tad suspicious, but Karen said that rumors like that can ruin a company. But Bob refused the money, and Karen feared that his rumors would end up dragging Meteor Systems into the mud.

Karen was found to be innocent after the team arrested Aphro-Dyte, but she helped play a major role in saving Innovation Valley from nanobot infestation. When the player and Frank came to Karen for help on stopping Aphro-Dyte, she offered her help through the use of an electro-pulse bomb, that way Aphro-Dyte could be deleted from the system. The bomb would send out an electro-magnetic wave, rendering any and all electronics useless. The team went to the helipad to retrieve the bomb, and after unlocking the bomb, Hannah activated it and the team successfully managed to take down Aphro-Dyte.

A Killer Among Us
Karen was interrogated after she was caught having an affair with Frank. Amy was suspicious since Karen had access to the armory and Danny's killer stole several items from said armory. While Karen argued she never killed anyone, Amy still found it suspicious how she suddenly got back together with Frank. She argued that when Frank started working with the player, he had changed and she started to care for him in return.

Karen was spoken to again after they found that she was at Danny's trial. Karen said that the only reason she went was because she was representing Meteor Systems, where Danny worked as an intern. She thought he was a horrible worker and of course fired him as a result, but went to his trial to make sure he didn't say anything about Meteor Systems; especially considering the recent events that occurred in Innovation Valley. Karen then said that any suspicion put towards her should be put towards their team members, but Amy replied saying that she wasn't off the hook yet.

Karen was innocent of murder charges for the fourth time, but was not happy after Frank was found guilty of manslaughter, so in that case, she kidnapped Andrea Marquez off-screen and upon Frank's transfer to the Pacific Bay Penitentiary, she hijacked the courthouse with a gun pointed at the Chief's head. Karen threatened to kill Andrea if the bailiff didn't let Frank go, but Amy threatened to shoot Karen if she didn't let the Chief go. Andrea painstakingly ordered Amy and the bailiff to let Frank go, halting the violence and allowing Frank to flee from captivity, but before she had her demand met, she dropped a bomb in which she revealed that she was behind the heist at the Mennagio Casino.

With Frank and Karen flagged as fugitives, Amy and the player had to continue their pursuit at a desolate district called the Wastes.

Murder Details
Karen was found dead with scorpions moving over her body.

Trivia

 * Karen and Colonel Spangler are the only characters to appear in three districts of Pacific Bay.
 * Karen is one of the suspects who appeared in four cases.

Case Appearances

 * Death by Moonshine (Case #9 of Pacific Bay; mentioned)
 * Eastern Promises (Case #13 of Pacific Bay; mentioned)
 * Of Rats and Men (Case #22 of Pacific Bay; mentioned)
 * Uncivil Rights (Case #47 of Pacific Bay)
 * Immortal Sin (Case #49 of Pacific Bay)
 * Programmed To Kill (Case #50 of Pacific Bay)
 * Killer Takes All (Case #51 of Pacific Bay; mentioned)
 * No Honor Among Thieves (Case #55 of Pacific Bay; mentioned)
 * A Killer Among Us (Case #56 of Pacific Bay)
 * Into the Wastes (Case #57 of Pacific Bay; appeared in a phone video message and The End: Part 1)
 * Case #57 of Pacific Bay