Shawna Knox

Shawna Knox was one of the suspects during the murder investigation of, and was the killer of Lee Dupree in Bayou Blood (Case #62, or Case #6 of Pacific Bay).

Profile
Shawna was a 17-year old waitress of the Gumbo Jumbo seafood restaurant of African-American heritage. Shawna sported brown skin, wore a grey shirt with a shrimp logo on it, sported braided afro-style hair not exceeding to her neck, had brown eyes, and sported a Gumbo Jumbo name tag on the left side of her. Shawna also wore shells on her hair, sported suspenders, and was known to have chewed tobacco, used foot cream, and was in contact with shrimp.

Role in Case(s)
Shawna was a waitress during the events of Bayou Blood.

The team first ran into Shawna when the team found an order pad at the Gumbo Jumbo restaurant, grounds for Russell Crane to psychologically analyze it, which he concluded that there was only one female server working at the seafood restaurant, who happened to be Shawna. Shawna was infuriated when the team approached her about Lee since she labeled Lee as a scapegoat who chose make Shawna's life hell by making fun out of her, but also got her close to termination for cash register mistakes, and if she lost her job, she lost everything since she had to go through the pressure of providing her family with money since her father passed away.

Later on, the team talked to Eugene after finding his diary at Bill Farnham's Voodoo Shop and revealed to be his drawing of Shawna being protected by him from Lee. Eugene wouldn't kill Lee to defend Shawna although Eugene had to do something to keep Lee away from Shawna given his wanton bullying record, but Eugene felt Lee was also trying to sexually harass Shawna by kissing her, which prompted a second talk with Shawna, not to mention a love potion analyzed by the team earlier on was made for Shawna. Shawna felt Lee was not behaving at his age not to mention admitting Eugene had a crush on her but didn't want her line of work to be disrupted since she was about to start her shift at the time the team wanted to talk to her.

However, the bullying and sexual harassment Shawna received were grounds for Lee's death. When Frank and the player had enough evidence to hold Shawna accountable for the gruesome murder, Shawna claimed she had to kill Lee in an act of self-defense because according to Shawna, Lee was a trouble child and wanted to mock someone, so he chose to pick on Shawna. Shawna didn't like Lee's advances as she felt it was an act of sexual harassment, so she had to wait until she was near a tree at the swamp to off Lee out of her way forever.

Shawna submitted a plea of guilt for manslaughter in spite of being brought before the Honorable Dante for first-degree murder charges but the Honorable Dante wanted to know as to why Shawna needed those BBQ Skewers with her, as he firmly believed self-defense can be achieved without violence. Shawna mentioned Lee's "trouble-child" premise when he started working at the Gumbo Jumbo, but added that he chose not to just bully Shawna, but wanted to sexually harass Shawna without any exceptions, as he felt he had the right to dominate Shawna by all means possible. Shawna told the Honorable Dante the purpose of her to have those BBQ Skewers with her was to be ready for Lee's trap at anytime, so when Lee attempted to sexually harass Shawna, she let Lee have it at the heart, and then pinned Lee with two more on each of his shoulders so it would look similar to a voodoo doll she found at Bill Farnham's Voodoo Shop, in which after she sent the voodoo doll to the Pacific Bay Police Force so that she would shift the blame to Bill for the murder--a feat in which didn't helped Shawna at all.

The Honorable Dante accepted Shawna's plea of guilt for the manslaughter, alas he had to institutionalize Shawna to an institution for violent minors, in which the Honorable Dante claims will help Shawna build better coping strategies and a new life through the years to come, since Shawna was only 17 years of age and the crime's severity didn't warrant any adult-level punishments.

Case Appearances

 * Bayou Blood (Case #62, or Case #6 of Pacific Bay)