# The SF Dog Mauling couple and their adopted "son"... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 23, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-dog-mauling-couple-and-their-adopted-son/99769 "2002-03-23T23:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-dog-mauling-couple-and-their-adopted-son/99769/1 "2002-03-23T23:05:55Z")
So these sick fucks are a “family”? Well, okay. My question is: Why did the Knoellers legally adopt the nutty Nazi prison inmate? They’re both lawyers, what legal advantage does it give them? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-dog-mauling-couple-and-their-adopted-son/99769/2 "2002-03-23T23:20:15Z")
Knoller and Noel claimed that they adopted the prisoner because they would have standing to look after his health care in prison and to sue the State of California in case of any accident or untimely death. Something my sister-in-law legal professor told me, “Just because people are lawyers doesn’t make them smart.” ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-dog-mauling-couple-and-their-adopted-son/99769/3 "2002-03-23T23:36:58Z")
while being the person’s attorney gains a certain level of access to the person in a prison setting, the adoption adds in issues that may have other impact, such as the aforementioned right to sue, survivorship issues (that goes both ways - ie, if the attorneys died w/o a will, an adopted son can be the ‘next of kin’.). I"m uncertain, given the relative ‘yech’ factor involved w/all parties, which side was looking for the ‘benefits’ of surviorship. ---
**Author:** ![Avumede](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/avumede/32/7235_2.png) [@Avumede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avumede)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-dog-mauling-couple-and-their-adopted-son/99769/4 "2002-03-24T00:30:44Z")
Not sure if you heard, but it’s been clear from what’s reported that all three were involved in some twisted 3-way sexual thing. I don’t know the details, but the white-power inmate had nude photos of Knoller, and Noel has written saying that he wanted to mamke the inmate (forgot his name, sorry) part of the family in the only way that he could. What messed up people. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-dog-mauling-couple-and-their-adopted-son/99769/5 "2002-03-24T01:18:41Z")
SF story: they adopted him because they couldn’t marry him (yes, we are talking sickos here) ---
**Author:** ![Niobium\_Knight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Niobium\_Knight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niobium_Knight)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-dog-mauling-couple-and-their-adopted-son/99769/6 "2002-03-24T01:21:33Z")
I hope the dig isnt put down. I hope they are. ---
**Author:** ![Niobium\_Knight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Niobium\_Knight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niobium_Knight)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-dog-mauling-couple-and-their-adopted-son/99769/7 "2002-03-24T01:22:49Z")
dig = dog! ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-dog-mauling-couple-and-their-adopted-son/99769/8 "2002-03-24T03:52:58Z")
Rolling stone had an article about this weird triangle recently. They did cover a lot of material that wasn’t in the national media. ---
**Author:** ![gingersnap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@gingersnap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gingersnap)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-dog-mauling-couple-and-their-adopted-son/99769/9 "2002-03-24T04:15:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Niobium Knight \* > \*\*I hope the dig isnt put down. I hope they are. \*\* Dig? If you meant “dog”, both dogs were put down over a year ago.