On April 11, 1998, Jason Knapp rented a movie with his roommate at their apartment on the Calhoun Street 100 block. At 10:30 p.m., his roommate went to bed, leaving him alone to finish the movie. This was the last time Jason was seen alive.
When Knapp, a sophomore mechanical engineering major at Clemson, didn’t return to his apartment, concern grew. His roommates notified his mother of his absence, who reported him missing to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.
After several days of searching by the Holly Springs and Pumpkintown fire departments, Pickens Rescue 7, staff from Greenville Water and state park rangers, the search was called off, and the case effectively went cold…