 Knight was released on 9 August 1976 into the care of her mother-in-law and, along with Kellett, moved to Woodridge, a suburb of Brisbane, where she obtained a job at the Dinmore meatworks in nearby Ipswich.On 6 March 1980, they had another daughter, Natasha Maree.In 1984, Knight left Kellett and moved, first to her parent's house in Aberdeen, then to a rented house in nearby Muswellbrook.