Ima Jean Sanders
Apr. 26, 1961~Aug. 1, 1974
13 yrs. old
Knowles picked up a white, female hitchhiker named Ima Jean Sanders, 13. He carried this girl to a wooded area some distance from Macon, possibly west. He raped her and then strangled her and left her body in woods between trees. Approximately two weeks later, he returned to the location and found that the body had been moved eight or ten feet away apparently by animals. The body was greatly deteriorated and barely identifiable as a human being. Knowles found her jawbone and buried it in the area.
