Kelsey Grammer's sister, Karen Grammer, was brutally murdered in 1975. At just 18 years old, Karen was abducted from her workplace by several men during a robbery. She was taken to a nearby house where she was raped by the men. Subsequently, she was driven to an alley in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she was stabbed 42 times by a man named Freddie Glenn, who was later convicted of her murder and is serving a life sentence
. Karen's final moments were harrowing-she crawled about 400 feet seeking help after being stabbed, leaving bloody fingerprints along the way. Despite her desperate efforts, she succumbed to her injuries, which were so severe that the coroner noted a nearly decapitating wound
. This tragic event deeply affected Kelsey Grammer, who struggled with grief and turned to substance abuse in the years following her death. He has since written a memoir titled Karen: A Brother Remembers to honor her memory and share the impact of her loss
