To this day, I cant believe it. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! At the location, officers find Potack's naked body in a snow bank near railroad tracks, she had beaten to the point in which her skull had cracked, despite her severe injuries, Potack survived the incident, but is still recovering from brain trauma. Date of Death He was 15 years into his 40-year sentence when he was diagnosed with skin cancer in the fall of 1997 and told he had less than a year left to live. Stephani begged for an ambulance to come quickly, which may be why Potack was able to survive the attack. He was raised in the Catholic faith throughout his childhood and continued it through adulthood, which may be a reason. At the end of the road, Stephani stabbed her in the stomach, but was hit with the bottle, which caused profound wounds in his head. There, first responders found 20-year-old college student Karen Potack, who had been beaten and stripped nude in a snowbank. Thephone call played a pivotal role in Stephani'sarrest, as authorities recognized his voicefrom previous calls. Not long after Williams attack was reported, another call came in: I need an ambulance Im all cut up. However, he was badly injured and called emergency services for medical attention. She had been stabbed 61 times, mainly on the chest, with an ice pick. "God damn, will you find me? The man was identified as 37-year-old Paul Michael Stephani. On the morning of Aug. 6,1982, a paperboy was doing his routine deliveries when he spotted a womans body along the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Brown said. The attacks began on New Year's Eve, 1980. After the attacks, the gunman returned to his apartment, where he killed his mother and then committed suicide. [1]His fourth victim (and the last victim who he killed) was Barbara Simons, a 40-year-old nurse on theMinneapolisside of the river. Morbidology is a weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by Emily G. Thompson. When he took his own life and no calls were coming into police offices for six months, police thought they had found the right guy. From workload to making sure best equipment is used, there is much to look into after spate of high-profile setbacks Whenever I see a player go down with a serious injury in the women's game it . Very quickly, police realized that Lopez had not been the Weepy-Voiced Killer. Required fields are marked *. While Stephani revealed no motivation behind the slayings, experts believe his religious upbringing could have been what influenced him to express remorse by anonymously reporting his crimes. I stabbed her 40 times. Karen Potack is on Facebook. Everything about the video is so strange and creepy, regardless that the premise itself is fucked up. About a decade after he was sentenced to 40 years in prison, Stephani reached out to Corcoran, saying if he does him one favor, hell tell him everything. He later said that he kept losing jobs and blamed the epilepsy he had suffered on his old job. The documentary investigates whether Father Joseph Maskell had Sister Cathy killed because she was about to expose him and others for sexually abusing teenage students at Archbishop Keough High School. Open Privacy Options Evil Genius tells the story of the pizza bomber heist and the murder of Brian Wells in 2003. Stephani himself called police at 3 a.m. to report the attack, directing police to a location where There is a girl hurt there.. In 1980 on New Year's Eve Paul Michael Stephani brutally attacked Karen Potack after abducting her from outside of a bar. Lowhead dams are one of the most dangerous pieces of terrain in a river, and one of the things that makes them so dangerous is that they dont look dangerous at all. Occupation Stephani wasnt able to give any true reason why he killed. This would be the first in a string of bizarre an gruesome attacks on women that potentially would lead to murder. Duringhistrial, the prosecution called Stephanis sister to the stand and had her listen to a recording made by the Weepy Voiced Killer, and she identified the person as her brother. In 1997, Stephani said hell confess his crimes if he could get photos of his mothers grave site. He said during the killing of Greening, he felt like he was playing a game. He even mentioned that he killed one more woman no one ever pinned on him. Brown had the bar staff go through the mugshots, and they identified the man who was with Simons as Paul Michael Stephani. He left Austin in the mid-1960s and moved to St. Paul, where he worked mostly as a janitor or a shipping clerk. Stephani would become known as The Weepy-Voice Killer because of the many calls he made to police confessing to his crimes in a remorseful and teary voice. The woman was identified as 18-year-old Kimberly Compton, a recent high school graduate who had moved from Wisconsin in search of a job that same day. He received his photos, and revealed the gory details of his crimes while also confirming the attacks he was always suspected of committing. The body would be identified as 18-year-old Kimberly Compton from Pepin. At the location, officers find Potack's naked body in a snow bank near railroad tracks, she had beaten to the point in which her skull had cracked, despite her severe injuries, Potack survived the incident, but is still recovering from brain trauma. This doc follows the death of 18-year-old Conrad Roy who died by suicide in his car in 2014. Perhaps one of the most famous Netflix documentaries, "Making a Murderer" looks into the murder of Teresa Halbach, for which Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey have been convicted for. Stephani called authorities saying he needed help after he was hit in the head during a robbery gone wrong. He had specifics about the victims apartment,WCCO-TV reporter Caroline Lowetold Mark of a Killer., When investigators looked back at the evidence and examined Greenings address book, they found Paul S.alongwith his phone number. He allegedly killed himself in St. Louis jail, or he was killed by the police. Karen Potack was Stephani's first victim who survived with severe wounds and brain injury in 1980. After her parents lost custody of her due to abuse, she was adopted by an extremely sadistic couple who would make her life living hell. But in 15 minutes, she was dead.. Throughout the early 1980s, Minnesota law enforcement was plagued by a series of disturbing, anonymous phone calls from a serial killer who targeted and murdered young women in the Twin Cities area. Mark of a Killer details the investigation of the crimes through interviews with detectives who looked into the case. Despite the impossible, Potack survived yet had no recollection of the attack. Her name was Karen Potack, a 20-year-old American Indian woman. This week Alaina covers the weepy voiced killer for our 209th episode! Obituary Index of Germany. Believing it to be a cruel prank, investigators almost brushed the call aside until the caller specifically said he used an ice pick to kill Compton, which would be something only the killer would know. StabbingDrowning (once) Brown told Mark of a Killer.. 3 killed2 attempted Signature I stabbed her forty times. Fortunately, Karen survived the horrifying ordeal, but had no memory of the attack due to her head injuries. She had suffered wounds to her chest, stomach,and inner thighs, and the medical examiner determined she had been stabbed a total of 61 times with an ice pick. Paul Michael Stephani. [1] Stephani was married to Beverly Lider and fathered a daughter with her, but the couple soon divorced. [6], In 1997, Stephani was diagnosed with skin cancer and had less than a year to live. On the morning they were scheduled to leave, Kellogg had planned to drive to Greenings home for breakfast before the duo departed. Stephaniturned onto a dead-end road andattacked the teenager with a screwdriver. Kimberly Compton was the first one over in Saint Paul I killed more people Ill never make it to heaven! he cried. She sustained some of the worst injuries seen by investigators, but she lived. That was part of his profile, that if I come forward and say I did this and I want to confess to this that I will be absolved from this event, FBI Special Agent Larry Brubaker told Mark of a Killer.. It turns out he had a history of mental illness and assault. I couldnt help it I cant think of getting locked up. Grace Packer suffered unimaginable abuse throughout her short life. Couple is on their honeymoon and playing around in waist high water at the edge of a lake. Of course, if you just place a handbag on the table somewhere and don't give it any more attention, you will have a problem. Sometimes finding himself in the back of a Catholic church, crying over his deeds, this quote perfectly wraps up his feelings towards his horrific actions: Will you find me? On 26 September, 2008, the police of Lusby, Maryland, received multiple phone-calls from worried citizens that reported seeing a young girl running down the street. After he killed his third victim, Barbara Simons, police were on to Stephani and tailed him, but lost him. Kimberly Compton was the first one over in St. Paul.[2], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZNFpZfMnew. No. Stephani's next victim was 18-year-old Kimberly Compton. Place of Birth of Victims The first person that Stephaniattacked was Karen Potackon New Years Eve1980. The body of Kimberly Compton was found shortly after, near an unfinished freeway, she had been stabbed with an ice pick just as the caller had said. Suddenly the ground gives way and they are struggling to stay above the water until finally you dont see them anymore and the water goes calm. I just stabbed somebody with an ice pick. No one was able to identify the Weepy Voiced Killer, however, and more than a year went by until they heard from him again. This documentary examines the 2011 murder of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips and the subsequent trial of soccer coach and ex-boyfriend of Garrett's mother, Tandy Cyrus. Victims Karen Potack (survived) Kimberley Compton, 18 Kathleen Greening, 33 Barbara Simons, 40 Denise Williams, 21 (attempted, escaped) Murderpedia: Paul Michael Stephani Paul Michael Stephani Wikipedia: Paul Michael Stephani Case questions use of voice analysis Serial Killer Communiques: Helpful or hurtful? Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. Calls to 911 are typicallyfrantic and haunting, made by victimsin the aftermath ofemergencies. Paul Stephani got his nickname because of bizarre, high-pitched voice calls he would make to police after his murders. Suspicious of Stephani's behavior, Denise saw a glass bottle and planned on using it against Stephani if he tried to harm her. Following Kimberly's murder, police once again received an emotional phone call from her attacker. I stabbed her 40 times I killed more people Ill never make it to heaven!. I got beat up and Im bleeding, the man said. When Stephani was attacking his victims, I believe he was attacking his former girlfriend because he felt so betrayed by what she did to him, Det. Name Born Age Birth_Place Died; Kadur, Paul: 02/12/1926: 80: Laubau, Germany: 12/30/2006 He was convicted for the attack on Williams and murder of Simons and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Brown. I can't stop myself. The local fire department made an attempt to rescue them, which resulted in the rescue team capsizing and becoming trapped as well, with at least one member drowning. Im sorry of what I did to Compton. It was New Years Eve of 1980 when the Weepy-Voiced Killer made his very first attack. However, when police got there, he had already vanished. Sergeant Joe Corcoran, who was interviewed for the episode, said he saw extreme rage in this one., With Potack, she had been so severely beaten that her brain had become exposed. In December 1997, he told the Star Tribune, Since Ive been locked down the last 15 years, Ive wondered how all this could happen. The man attempted to intervene, but the suspect threatened him and then fled the scene in his car. I cant stop myself. What a laugh.. He decided to call St. Paul police and confess to two more killings and one more attempted murder. His serial killings began on New Year's Eve 1980, university student Karen Potack had just arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota to have a party with her sisters. All he said was that he remembered finding her in a bathtub. Here are his crazy, high pitched calls to 911 after he murdered his victims in the early '80s. He didnt. Stephani was arrested, and, despite his previous phone calls, refused to admit to his crimes. Police decided the next step was to see who in the Twin Cities had violent records. The assailant, who became known as the Weepy Voiced Killer, was later identified as Paul Michael Stephani, a devout Catholic who ultimately confessed to the attacks after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Two days later, the killer called again to say that he was sorry for what he had done to Compton. Before moving onto his next victim, he phoned the police to apologize for the murder, Barbara Simons was a 40-year-old nurse living in Minneapolis, MN. Vote on this poll: If Karen recovered from her injuries will she get her revenge on Peter and Meg? This was where he saw Karen Potak. He called back, telling them that hell try not to kill anyone else, and this time, he was on the phone long enough for his call to be traced to a bus depot phone booth. The man was able to call for an ambulance and later help identify Stephani. After he killed his next victim, Kimberly Compton, he called the police and said God damn, will you find me? Her investigation into Detroit's dog problem starts Monday at 5:15 p.m. with the city's serious stray issue. The tape shows flames consuming a house at night as an eerie voice whispers, Ancient spirit of evil. On 3 June, 1981, 18-year-old Kimberly Compton was stabbed to death with an ice pick and strangled with a shoe lace. The strangest piece of this . The little girl, who was 7-years-old, was taken to a local hospital where an examination revealed that she. This upset Stephani very much. She talked with a man she met there and mentioned to a waitress, I hope this guys okay because I just need a ride home.. 20-year-old Karen Potack, a University of Stevens Point student, was attending a nightclub with several friends. Williams told police of how a man offered her a ride home, and she took him up on the offer. Twenty one-year-old sex worker Denise Williams was stabbed 13 times, but she survived her attack. Simons, Stephani's final attack occurred in Minneapolis, MN, on August 20, 1982. Williams confirmed Stephani was the man who attacked her after seeing his mugshots. [6], Her screams drew the attention of a man who lived nearby and upon seeing Stephani trying to stab Williams again began to wrestle with him, causing Stephani to flee the scene. September 8, 1944 She was a student from Wisconsin, who arrived in St. Paul on June 3, 1981. Stephani's next victim was 18-year-old Kimberly Compton. His first victim was Karen Potack, who was in St. Paul, Minnesota for a New Year's Eve party on December 31, 1980. 19-year-old Denise Williams from Minneapolis was working the streets when she was approached by the still-unidentified man who asked for her services. The Weepy-Voiced Killer This case was covered by the "Serial Killer Podcast" in November 2020. We believed that Paul Stephanihad killed Kimberly Compton and assaulted KarenPotack, but we didnt have the evidence, said Tom Foley fromtheRamsey County Attorneys Office. After the attack, local police received a phone call at approximately 3AM. Digging into his background, Hennepin County Attorneys Office discovered Stephani had worked at the Malmberg Manufacturing Company, wherePotackhad been attacked on New Years Day. Stephani suffered a serious head injury when Denise Williams hit him over the head with a glass bottle. Ryan White's documentary series debuted in 2017 and explores the murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik, who disappeared in November 1969 and whose body was discovered in January of 1970. As his voice cracked with emotion, he directed police to the crime scene. Stephani targeted women from different social backgrounds, and would lure them into his car by offering them a ride. Paul Stephani had details that only the killer knew. He told police on the call where to find her and that there is a girl hurt there.. In 1980 on New Year's Eve Paul Michael Stephani brutally attacked Karen Potack after abducting her from outside of a bar. After the attack, local police received a phone call at approximately 3AM. In 1980 on New Year's Eve Paul Michael Stephani brutally attacked Karen Potack after abducting her from outside of a bar. Some believed it was just a sadistic form of clout Stephani was trying to gain, but he was able to give details only the killer wouldve known like the details in her apartment during the crime. Patrick Jesernik: Illinois Man Kills Wife Over Coronavirus Fears, Cops Say. I just stabbed somebody with an ice pick. In 2007, two ex-convicts entered the Petit family home and tortured the family. During thestrangemurder investigation, police gathered evidence from Stephani's recorded calls, but for nearly two years, it wasn't enough to find him. Oxygens Season 2 premiere episode of Mark of a Killer looks into the signs left behind by serial killer Paul Stephani, also known as the Weepy-Voiced Killer. After the man turned onto a dead-end road, Williams knew that something was going wrong and she was in extreme danger. A second part of the series focused on their appeals. His name was even saved in a phone book of the victim. Meanwhile, loved ones told investigators that on the night Simons was killed, she went to the Hexagon Bar in Minneapolis. This episode of Mark of a Killer will air on Oxygen on April 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Two days later, police received a disturbing phone callthat connected Simons deathto the two otherattacks. He didn'tattempt to contact the police or local newspapers about thekilling, making itan outlier. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. In the call, he said in what would become his trademark hysterical and high-pitched voice please send a squad to Pierce Butler Road and Malberg Manufacturing Company machine shop because theres a girl hurt there.. This would be the first in a string of bizarre an gruesome attacks on women that potentially would lead to murder. See below for the 6 most disturbing details of the episode. [] Tags:serial killer, Solved Serial Killer, True Crime, True crime solved, Weepy Voiced Killer Pictured above: Paul Michael StephaniPicture source: Morbidology [], [] Read More: morbidology.com/the-weepy-voiced-killer-paul-michael-stephani/ []. Place of Death document.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); document.getElementById("ak_js_2").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); Those calls are one of the most disturbing things I have ever heard Thank god the last victim survived. I stabbed her 40 times. After killing her, he again contacted police pleading: "God damn, will you find me? You Are Here: phrases with the word lane youth movements 2020 karen potack injuries. Maybe Like him and Follow him? From Wikipedia: On December 31, 1980, Stephani beat Karen Potack inPrescott, Wisconsin, inflicting severe wounds and brain injury. This is somebody whos wanting to play a cat and mouse game,Massnicksaid. In one of his later phone calls, he said, "I'll never make it to heaven." 2. Stephani claimed that his stepfather was sometimes abusive, reported local newspaper the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. In 1980 on New Year's Eve Paul Michael Stephani brutally attacked Karen Potack after abducting her from outside of a bar. I keep killing somebody. He also called the police two days later to apologize for killing Compton, and again a few days later to correct some of the information in newspaper accounts of the murder. Simons let Stephanigive her a ride home in his car. Sometimes when creepythings happen, theres evidence left behind. Thats when investigators searched through their archives of victims dying in bathtubs and they found Kathleen Greening. I keep killing somebody.". The next day, the 20-year-old college student was found naked and lying in a snow bank, suffering from head and neck injuries to the point where her brain was exposed. I agree with TheWrap's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and provide my consent to receive marketing communications from them. She hit him over the head with a glass bottle, which caused bleeding. In exchangefor the images, Stephani admitted to the assaults and murders of which he was suspected, but he also claimed to have murdered another woman. On the 5th of August, 1982, Simons had been at the Hexagon bar where she met her killer when she offered him a cigarette. His first victim was Karen Potack, who was in St. Paul, Minnesota for a New Years Eve party on December 31, 1980. By analyzing how the offender attempted to cover up the crime scene, Det. When investigators found her naked in the snow, Corcoran said that it was the most devastating scene Id seen in my career.. Im so upset about it.. When reporters spoke to Stephani after his conviction, he told them that he would hear voices telling him to kill. Born on Sept. 8, 1944, Stephani grew up on a five-acre plot outside Austin, Minnesota, with his mother, stepfather,and siblings.