Crime With My Coffee

We unfortunately do not have a new episode for you this week. We will be back to our regularly scheduled episodes as soon as we can, but we do not have a set date for that at this time.

Since Christmas is next week, we wanted to make this week a lot lighter and more fun for everyone. Please enjoy this collection of dumb and funny crimes and criminals and laugh along with us. Sources for this episode: Listverse - Ten of the Most Bizarre Crimes of 2022 AP News - 2 escape jail and go to IHOP, where patrons report them Metro.uk - Worse disguise ever? Burglars cover faces with permanent marker NY Daily News - 8 Weird and Wild Christmas Crimes Oddee - 10 Ridiculous Christmas Crimes Law & Crime - Top 10 Most Outrageous Christmas Crimes The Odyssey - 12 Funniest Crimes That Were Actually Committed List 25 - 25 Dumbest Criminals and How They Got Caught The Oklahoman - Outspoken Defendant gets Point Across

It was August 5, 1992, in Vancouver, Canada when Alexandra Pesic was gunned down outside her employer's building. The authorities were able to identify and arrest the two mysterious men that were in the car when she was shot along with two of their accomplices in less than two weeks. Sources for this episode: Oxygen - Jelka Pesic Uses True Crime Book As Blueprint to Terrorize And Murder Her Former Daughter-in-Law PressReader - Mother-in-law who set up murder says she feels sorry for victim Medium - Inspired by the Plot of a True Crime Book, a Grandmother Hired a Hitman to Murder Her Daughter-in-Law Lepotesrbije.alo.rs - JELKA PEŠIĆ JE U SVETU POZNATA KAO SVEKRVA IZ PAKLA: Njena zloba i danas šokira, a na kraju je sve otišlo PREDALEKO

In Strongsville, Ohio, Melinda Pleskovic, a middle school teacher, was found dead in her home in October 2017. Her husband and soon-to-be son-in-law both called 911 right away. Less than two weeks after her brutal murder, police would have a suspect in custody, and it would surprise many at how close the murderer was. Sources for this episode: Medium - He Was Going To Be Exposed So He Opted For Murder WYKC - Jeffrey Scullin sentenced to life in prison for killing Strongsville teacher Melinda Pleskovic Cleveland - 'Manipulative' Strongsville man gets life in prison for brutal killing of fiancee's mother, popular teacher The Post - Man who killed Strongsville teacher sentenced to life in prison Fox 8 - Prosecutor: Strongsville teacher stabbed 36 times, killer planned crime weeks in advance Cleveland 19 - Alleged killer calls 911 to report future mother-in-law's death (listen) Court of Appeals of Ohio - State of Ohio v. Jeffery W. Scullin, Jr. Wikipedia - Strongsville, Ohio

In August 2014 in London, England 14 year-old Alice Gross went missing while returning home from a walk. Tragically, a month later, her body would be discovered. Arnis Zalkalns, a Latvian builder and convicted murderer, was identified as the prime suspect. Sources for this episode: New Scotland Yard Files - A True Nightmare: The Murder of Alice Gross Public Broadcasting of Latvia - Murder suspect Arnis Zalkalns found dead in London The Week - Alice Gross: why did police not know about killer's past? British Transport Police - London bombings of 2005 Wikipedia - Scotland Yard

Air Force Staff Sergeant Nathan Paet was shot multiple times in his garage in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 1, 2010. The motive behind the murder was revealed to be a life insurance policy taken out by Paet, with his wife, Michelle, as the beneficiary. Michelle Paet and her boyfriend, Michael Rodriguez, were arrested and charged in connection with the murder, leading to a high-profile trial that unfolded the details of the conspiracy to commit the crime. Sources for this episode: Oxygen - Why Was Military Staff Sgt. And Devoted Dad Of Four Gunned Down Outside His Las Vegas Home? Review Journal - Man gets life in prison without parole for slaying of Nellis airman Cinemaholic - Nathan Paet Murder: How Did He Die? Who Killed Him? KSNV 3 News - Michelle Paet sentenced to life without parole for conspiring to kill her husband American Monster - Season 3 Episode 6, Watch Your Back

The morning of July 27, 1989 in Kansas City, Missouri would forever change the lives of the Cox family. Fawn Cox's mom and sister found her lifeless body when they went to wake her up that morning. She had been beaten, raped, and strangled, all while the family slept downstairs the night before. It would be 31 years before her family would get the answers as to who had killed Fawn. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Kansas City, Missouri Wikipedia - List of people from Kansas City, Missouri CBS News - Teen's decades-old murder solved with new DNA technology Fox 4 KC - KC teen's cold case rape, murder solved by 'advanced techniques' 31 years later Northeast News - New DNA tech solves Cox cold case Heavy - 31 Year-Old Rape & Murder of Kansas Teen Fawn Marie Cox Solved: KCPD Newspapers.com - KC teen charged in death of girl, 16 Newspapers.com - Three teens held in girl's death Newspapers.com - Northeast area girl, 16, found slain in bedroom Newspapers.com - Northeast girl was strangled, autopsy shows

November 15, 2001 was a day of catastrophic storms for Austin, Texas. Diane Holik's coworkers were unable to get in touch with her the next day, so they called the police to do a welfare check on her. They found her body upstairs in the guest room. They would learn through their investigation that there was a strange man going around to homes listed for sale in the area trying his hardest to get in the homes when the women were home alone. Could this be Diane's killer? Sources for this episode: Caselaw - Russo v. State Oxygen - Patrick Russo Is Convicted of Killing Texan Diane Holik MRT - Jury convicts man who posed as homebuyer to kill Medium - Texas Church Minister Killed A Woman For His 'Erotic Horror' Fetish Spectrum News 1 - 15 Years Ago Today: Historic Texas Flood Find A Grave - Diane Tammy Holik

In 1973 in Italy, John Paul Getty, III, heir to the Getty fortune, was kidnapped by several members of the 'Ndrangheta gang. He was held captive for about 5 months while his kidnappers negotiated a ransom amount with his family. They wanted $17,000,000 but his grandfather, the family patriarch, would only concede to $3,000,000 after the kidnappers sliced off his grandson's ear and mailed it to a local newspaper. Sources for this episode: Town & Country - The Tragic True Story of John Paul Getty III's Kidnapping All That's Interesting - The True Story Of The John Paul Getty III Kidnapping People - John Paul Getty III After the Kidnapping: How Drugs and Torment Destroyed Billionaire Heir Wanted in Rome - The story of the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in Rome Rolling Stone - John Paul Getty III: The True Story Behind 'Trust' Rolling Stone - J. Paul Getty III: Exclusive 1974 Interview with Kidnapped Oil Heir

Dean Corll, also known as the "Candy Man," was a notorious American serial killer in the early 1970s. He, along with teenage accomplices David Brooks and Elmer Henley, committed a series of brutal murders in Houston, Texas. They lured young boys with promises of money or parties and was responsible for at least 28 known victims. His crimes shocked the nation, and the case highlights the dangers of charismatic predators who prey on the vulnerable. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Fort Wayne, Indiana Wikipedia - Dean Corll Wikipedia - Rheumatic fever Wikipedia - Pasadena, Texas Criminal Minds Fandom - The Houston Mass Murders Missing Kids - Candy Man Victim: New Clues in Serial Killer Mystery Texas Monthly - The Lost Boys

Dean Corll, also known as the "Candy Man," was a notorious American serial killer in the early 1970s. He, along with teenage accomplices David Brooks and Elmer Henley, committed a series of brutal murders in Houston, Texas. They lured young boys with promises of money or parties and was responsible for at least 28 known victims. His crimes shocked the nation, and the case highlights the dangers of charismatic predators who prey on the vulnerable. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Fort Wayne, Indiana Wikipedia - Dean Corll Wikipedia - Rheumatic fever Wikipedia - Pasadena, Texas Criminal Minds Fandom - The Houston Mass Murders Missing Kids - Candy Man Victim: New Clues in Serial Killer Mystery Texas Monthly - The Lost Boys

In 1980 in St. Polten, Austria, Werner Kniesek broke into the home of 55 year old Gertrude Altreiter and her adult children, Walter and Ingrid. Over the course of several hours, Kniesek would torture the family before ultimately strangling them to death. The next day, he would take their car, loaded with the bodies of his victims, with him while he ran his personal "errands." He would eventually confess his crimes, and his motive, to the police after his capture. Sources for this episode: Astro Databank - Kniesek, Werner Academic - Werner Kniesek Wikipedia - Werner Kniesek Wikipedia - Sankt Pölten IMDB - Angst

Diane Whipple was returning to her Pacific Heights apartment in San Francisco, California in 2001 when she was attacked by her neighbors' dog, a large Presa Canario. After her death, the owners, Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel, were charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, respectively. Sources for this episode: SF Gate - 'Dog of death': The horrific killing of Diane Whipple in San Francisco Dog Bite Law - The Diane Whipple Case ABC 7 News - Parole denied for Marjorie Knoller, convicted in San Francisco's notorious 2001 dog-mauling death of Diane Whipple ABC News - Killer Dog's Owner Blames Victim Daily Mail - San Francisco attorney whose dogs mauled her neighbor to death in 2001 is denied parole after being jailed for life for murder Rolling Stone - Mad Dogs & Lawyers SF IST - Woman Convicted in Notorious SF Dog-Mauling Murder Case Gets Denied Parole Wikipedia - List of people from San Francisco Wikipedia - San Francisco FindAGrave - Diane Alexis Whipple

This week we talk about the Dallas Carter High School football robbery ring. Join us as we talk about the unexpected criminal activies of a high school football team, how their actions both on and off the field, led to a scandal that rocked the community. From winning the state championship to heists, we will reveal the hidden side of these young men and the consequences they faced. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Oak Cliff Wikipedia - David W. Carter High School Stateline Sports Network - Carter High...'it simply doesn't matter that you can run the football' Dallas News - Former players on 1988 Dallas Carter football team tried to move on, but shaking past wasn't easy Dallas News - From the Archives: arter High stripped of 1988 State Title After Win WFAA - 'Best team ever assembled': As Dallas ISD prepares for its first championship since 1958, memories of Dallas Carter's 1988 season remain Carter Boyz by Gary Edwards Dallas News - Bad habit: Robbery spree involving 6 1988 Dallas Carter football players was 'just for kicks' New York Times - 10 Texas Athletes Are Sentenced to Jail Terms for RobberiesSupport the show

This week we talk about the true story of Teresa Stamper and her relentless stalker, her ex-husband Paul Stamper. From their abusive marriage to attempted murders, this episode will uncover the nightmare that led to Paul's shocking disappearance. Will justice ever be served? Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Kingfisher, Oklahoma The Oklahoman - Kingfisher Escapee Gets 30-Year Term The Oklahoman - TV Crime Show Returns Fugitive To State Jail Murfreesboro Pulse - The New Teresa Ringer: Her Story of Abuse, Homelessness and Survival Unsolved Mysteries Fandom - Paul Stamper The Oklahoman - Masked Gunman Frees Inmate at Kingfisher Jail The Oklahoman - Trial Date Set In Kidnapping The Oklahoman - TV Program Ends 5 Years of Freedom for Escapee Oklahoma Offender SearchSupport the show

In Forest Park, Georgia in April 2010, 15 year old Candice Parchment went missing. Her remains were discovered 7 months later not far from her home. It would be another year after that before her family and the community would get the answers to their questions about what happened to her. Candice named Marshae Hickman and Jermaine Robinson as her attackers in a diary entry from a few months before she went missing and that was just the break the police needed to break her murder case wide open. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Forest Park, Georgia The US Sun - Five most chilling Candice Parchment murder details revealed in documentary from dark diary entry to violent attack ABC News - Georgia: Murdered Teen Girl's Diary Leads to Alleged Killer WSB TV - Man ofund guilty of murdering teenage girl The Atlanta-Journal Constitution - Authorities: Diary leads to alleged killer of missing teen Hickman v. The State (2016) The Cinemaholic - Candice Parchment Murder: Where are Marshae Hickman and Jermaine Robinson Now?Support the show

In the mid to late 1800s, John Humphrey Noyes became a believer in perfectionism. He would eventually found two different communities of his own, the most well-known being in Oneida, New York which became known as the Oneida Community. They would practice free love and male continence. They would start an eugenics experiment later on in their existence. They would eventually dissolve the cult community and become a manufacturing company most well known for their silverware.Sources for this episode: sources to be updated soonSupport the show

It was mid August of 1996 when Jeffrey Wolfe and his new girlfriend took off on a road trip that would start out as a business trip and turn into a mini vacation on their way back. They left the Houston, Texas area and drove towards Moss Point, Mississippi to meet Gary Simmons and Timothy Milano for this particular meeting. Not long after arriving at Simmons' home, however, Jeffrey would be dead and his girlfriend would be fighting for her life. Sources for this episode: Casetext - Simmons v. Epps Murderpedia - Gary Carl Simmons Gulf Live - Gruesome murder, rape case recalled: Gary 'The Butcher' Simmons scheduled to be executed June 20 Caselaw - Milano v. State UPI - Texas man found dismembered in Miss. Find A Grave - Jeffrey Lee Wolfe Wikipedia - Moss Point, MississippiSupport the show

The evening of June 13, 2009 was the last time anyone saw Phyllis Phares alive at her Charelston, West Virginia home. When her daughter couldn't get a hold of the 82 year old widow, she went to check on her and found a gruesome crime scene. The Mallo family, who lived directly across the street, became suspects in the ensuing murder investigation after Thomas Mallo, the 14 year old son, told police about a man he had seen on the porch of Mrs. Phares the night she was killed. It wouldn't be long before nearly every member of the 8 person household would be behind bars for one reason or another. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Charleston, West Virginia Find A Grave - Phyllis Jean Jones Phares MetroNews - Murder Sentence Stays Same For Teenager Charleston Gazette-Mail - Judge upholds 40-year sentence for teen convicted of murder MetroNews - Convicted murderer sentenced for violent escape attempt DreminDemon - The Mallos Are Seriously Effed Up - Murderers And Child Abusers (copies of no longer existing online news articles were copied and linked in this forum thread) BadLawyerNYC - White Trash Horror Story WV Mountain News - 14 year old boy and family remian in jail Evil Kin - The Evil Inside, Season 1 Episode 4Support the show

Juan Cornoa was a Mexican-American serial killer whose heinous acts shocked the nation in the eary 1970s. He was convicted in 1973 of the murders of 25 men, mostely transient farm workers. He remains one of the most infamous instances of serial killing in American history. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Yuba City, California Wikipedia - Autlán Wikipedia - Sacramento Valley Wikipedia - Juan Corona NY Times - Corona, 85, Convicted as Killer of 25 Farm Workers, Dies Criminal Minds Fandom - Juan Corona Support the show