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Case Description
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In the winter of 1998, a violent incident in Knoxville, Tennessee, claimed the lives of two young men, leaving a case that remains unsolved decades later. On the night of January 24th, 25-year-old Emanuel Oliver Wykle was in the vicinity of the Club Royal on McCalla Avenue. Accompanying him was 22-year-old Phillip Delantia Wilkerson Jr. The night took a tragic turn when both men were shot.

The details of what transpired in the moments leading up to the shooting are not publicly known. Law ...Read More
Victim Details

Emanuel Oliver Wykle

Male

Black / African American

Knoxville

TN

1998-01-24

25

Emanuel

Oliver Wykle

01/04/2026