| 1. Genelda Campeau, 65 | St. Paul | January 12, 1996 |
| Genelda was stabbed to death by her granddaughter's ex-boyfriend. The
granddaughter said the attack came "out of the blue." Edbert Neal Williams
stabbed Genelda 52 times with a kitchen knife and attacked her
granddaughter, who survived. Williams was arrested and held by the St. Paul
police. Williams was sentenced to life in prison for the stabbing death of
Genelda and was also sentenced to fifteen years for attempted first-degree
murder in the attack of her granddaughter. |
| 2. Kami Talley, 22 | Bloomington | February 14, 1996 |
| The relationship between Talley and Buggs had been described as turbulent.
The previous summer when Talley broke off the relationship, he attacked her
so savagely that she was hospitalized with serious injuries and Buggs spent
time in the workhouse. After his release he violated an order for
protection. Talley and members of her family repeatedly pleaded with police
and judges because Buggs had threatened to kill her. Kami Talley died of
gunshot wounds after being shot by her ex-boyfriend at her place of
employment. Louis "Butch" Buggs went to Kami's workplace and walked into the
second floor offices and confronted her. Kami went to a bathroom where she
and Buggs argued briefly before co-workers heard gunfire. He then fled the
building and the state. The couple has a 4-year-old daughter. Two months
after Kami's death, Louis Buggs was arrested in the state of Virginia by FBI
agents and returned to Minnesota. He has been convicted of first-degree
murder and sentenced to life in prison. |
| 3. Kimberly Schoen, 33 | Truman | March 1, 1996 |
| Peter Schoen, 34, and his wife Kimberly lived together on a farm. Shoen said
his wife fell down the stairs and hit her head while they were fighting. He
said he looked at his unconscious and bleeding wife and decided to get a
pipe and "put her out of her misery." He said he hit her on the head and
neck several times with the pipe, then went outside to tend to his
livestock. He later called 911. Peter Schoen has been found guilty of
first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Kimberly, and was sentenced to
life in prison. |
| 4. Margaret Bohn, 42 | Shoreview | April 7, 1996 |
| Margaret Bohn was killed by her son on Easter Sunday. David "DJ" Bohn, 20,
told authorities that he had gone to his mother's home with the intention of
strangling her. He said he first tried to strangle her and that it was not
worlking, so he grabbed a shovel and began hitting her. When she went down,
DJ continued to hit her, then went to the kitchen for knives and stabbed her
until he thought she was dead. He then went to the phone and called 911 to report what he had done. He also asked
that his younger brother be placed in another home. Margaret died soon after
the sheriff's deputy arrived. DJ Bohn plead guilty to intentional
second-degree murder and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. |
| 5. Yvonne Stevson, 32 | Minneapolis | April 11, 1996 |
| Yvonne died of a gunshot wound. A friend, Phillip Ray Robinson, told
investigators that he pointed the gun at Yvonne knowing there was a bullet
in the chamber but believing the safety was on. He then pulled back the
hammer and pulled the trigger, killing her instantly. Robinson pled guilty
to second degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. |
| 6. Sue Akin, 49 | Onigum | May 9, 1996 |
| Sue Akin was killed by her estranged husband, Alvin Akin, after moving to
Minnesota to escape domestic abuse. She had obtained an order for protection
and had been working to help other abused women and their children at the
Family Safety Network in Cass County. Although Alvin Akin violated the OFP,
Sue agreed to a plea bargain which she believed would provide safety for
her. But despite the court order, Alvin Akin followed her, squeezed himself
into the trunk of her car along with his 12 gauge shotgun and waited for
morning. Unsuspecting, Sue got in her car and left. When she came to a stop
sign, Alvin Akin climbed out of the trunk of her car and shot at her. A
0schoolbus was stopped at the corner and the following report is from the
school bus monitor, an eyewitness to the murder. "The biggest hero of all
was Sue Akin herself. She had to have seen the eight or ten or so children
that were standing along the road waiting to get on the bus. Her quick
actions and selflessness saved about 30 people that I can count - and
probably more than that. By pulling in front of the bus, she threw the
killer off track just long enough for the children to run back into their
homes for safety. After being shot and having the assailant standing close,
she only knocked on the bus door and asked the driver to call for help,
which he assured her he had already done. She never asked to come on the bus
or anything else for her own protection. She stood there selfless and made
sure the assailant only focused on her and not on the 20 plus children on
the bus." Sue was shot and died at the scene. Her assailant fled and later
committed suicide. |
| 7. Lorraine Miller, 73 | St. Paul | May 10, 1996 |
| Lorraine Miller's body was found in her bathroom by a maid who worked in the
home. St. Paul police reported she had been shot twice but no murder weapon
has been found. A few days after finding her body, police arrested
Lorraine's 42-year-old son, Lawrence Burton Miller. He was sentenced to life
in prison. |
| 8. Tabitha Juetten, 19 | Little Falls | May 21, 1996 |
| Tabitha, who was pregnant, her 1-year-old son, and a friend were taken
hostage and held at knifepoint by Tabitha's estranged husband, Robert
Juetten. During this standoff, Juetten stabbed his wife in the abdomen and
stabbed her friend in the leg, then repeatedly raped Tabitha before
releasing the friend and Tabitha's son. Robert Juetten then held her hostage
for several hours until officers forced their way in and arrested him.
Tabitha's unborn child died with her also. Robert Juetten has been charged
with two counts of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder,
first-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, and first-degree assault.
First-degree murder charges will be considered by a grand jury. |
| 9. Loretta Strand, 62 | Ramsey | June 4, 1996 |
| Loretta Strand was allegedly killed by her boyfriend, Dexter Perez Anderson.
Her body was discovered when her roommate returned home. A neighbor had seen
Anderson arrive and later leave in Strand's car. Anderson is being held
pending formal charges. |
| 10. Barbara Korte, 39 | Brooklyn Park | June 8, 1996 |
| As Barbara Korte visited with a friend and his 11-year-old daughter in her
yard, Greg Korte, her estranged husband, drove up. He shot the friend,
Michael Pivec, as he sat at a picnic table, then chased his wife as she fled
across a road and shot her. He then killed himself. Pivec's daughter
witnessed the shootings from a nearby hammock and called 911. The Korte's 3
boys, ages 13, 10, and 8 were not present. |
| 11. Deborah Martin, 41 | Crystal | June 27, 1996 |
| Murray Bunness made a phone call to his neighbor and friend, Kris
Elsenpeter, saying he had killed his wife Deborah and the 16-year-old girl
that stayed with them. Mr. and Mrs. Elsenpeter ran to the house hoping to be
of some help. When it was confirmed that the two were dead, Mrs. Elsenpeter
returned home but Kris stayed to calm Bunness. The two argued and Bunness
turned the gun on Elsenpeter. When law enforcement arrived they found
Bunness holding his gun and Elsenpeter wounded on the steps. Elsenpeter died
moments later. Officers then entered the house and found Deborah Martin,
Bunness' wife of 4 years, in the living room, dead of gunshot wounds.
Upstairs they found the body of 16-year-old Christina Ayers. She had been
living with Martin and Bunness while she attended school. Bunness has been
charged with three counts of first-degree murder. |
| 12. Heidi Haines, 20 | Minneapolis | June 28, 1996 |
| Heidi tried to hide her bruises from her family and therefore, didn't often
come to family gatherings. On June 12th, when Heidi was five months
pregnant, she delivered a premature baby boy and named him Darius. He died
an hour and a half later. Family members noticed bruising on Heidi's back
and a fresh black eye, and suspected the premature delivery of Darius was
due to domestic abuse. On June 28th police received a call from witnesses
that a woman was being hit by a man in a car at 22nd and Washington Ave No.
As the witnesses drove back to the scene they saw the man, David Cross,
outside of the car on the passenger side, strangling the woman, Heidi
Haines. When police arrived, Heidi was lying outside of the car, face-down
on the ground. She was pronounced dead at 12:02 am of the 29th after police
made a prolonged attempt to resusitate her. The suspect, David Cross, was
arrested at the scene and later charged with manslaughter. He was sentenced
on December 11, 1996 to life in prison. |
| 13. Ida Strouth, 42 | Minneapolis | June 28, 1996 |
| Patterson, the father of Ida Strouth's 3-month-old granddaughter, believed
that Ida was hiding her daughter's and his child from him. Ida Strouth's
daughter, Sarah, found the bodies of her mother, her brother, Jake, age 9,
and Jake's friend, 13-year-old Jeremiah Sponsel. They had all been stabbed
to death. Antonio Brayboy and Henry Patterson have been charged with
first-degree murder. Brayboy gave information to the police stating he had
stood by and watched as Patterson killed the woman and two boys. They await
trial the middle of February. |
| 14. Jennifer Bradley, 30 | Minneapolis | July 2, 1996 |
| Jennifer was found partially clothed in the bathtub of her apartment. Her
boyfriend, James Gibson, told police that they had argued and he grabbed her
by the neck and pushed her into the bathroom where her body was found. James
Gibson has been charged with second-degree murder to which he pled guilty.
He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. |
| 15. Rita Walker, 59 | St. Paul | July 5, 1996 |
| The bodies of two women were found by an employee at the St Paul Radisson
Hotel after the women did not check out as expected. Rita Walker was
apparently shot by Evelyn Walker who then shot herself. Although not
related, police said the women considered themselves life parmers. Police
said there was some indication the two had been planning a murder-suicide
and suspect one of them had serious health problems. |
| 16. Sherice Drain, 22 | Minneapolis | July 12, 1996 |
| Adrian Horan pled guilty to the shooting death of Sherice Drain. She and
Horan were in a car together at the time of the shooting. She was then
driven to Hennepin County Medical Center where she later died. Adrian Horan
was sentenced to 36 months in a state prison. He was given credit for
serving 122 days. He will also be required to make restitution for funeral
expenses. |
| 17. Shauntai Johnson, 27 | Wadena | July 20, 1996 |
| Shauntai's body was found in the crawl space of her basement a day after her
children reported her missing. Jerry Johnson, 37, Shauntai's husband, was
charged with her murder. After three days of deliberation a jury found him
guilty of the strangulation death of his wife. He has been convicted of
second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. |
| 18. Colene Navratil Wenzel, 24 | Osakis | July 23, 1996 |
| Colene's husband, William Wenzel, told authorities he had been drinking and
was sitting on the couch with his wife. He said when he showed her what he
thought was a defective safety on his gun, it went off. Their three-year-old
son, Jonathan, said he heard his mother say, "Put the gun down" just before
the shot was heard. Colene was shot in the face. Jonathan remained in his
father's custody until William Wenzel was taken to jail on January 8th.
Jonathan currently lives with his father's brother and family. Colene hadn't
told her family of the history of her husband's abusive behavior toward her,
but had talked about it with friends and co-workers. When they offered this
information to the prosecutor and investigators they were told it was "not
pertinent to the case." William Wenzel was charged with second-degree
manslaughter, was offered a plea bargain and pled guilty. He was sentenced
to 2 years in St. Cloud and ordered to pay $8,200 restitution. |
| 19. Carolyn Joy Seitz Voorhees | Duluth | August 6, 1996 |
| Carolyn was shot 11 times when she stepped outside her home where she cared
for two people with mental disabilities. She had filed for divorce days
earlier. Her husband, Brad Voorhees, had purchased the .22 caliber rifle
that was used in the shooting earlier in the day. He was charged with
first-degree murder after confessing to authorities. |
| 20. Esther Marie Stynski, 81 | Ivanhoe | August 8, 1996 |
| Esther died after being struck on the head with a blunt object, possibly a
cane or a 1-inch-square yardstick. Her husband, John Harry Stynski, said he
poked his wife to get her into a chair and later admitted to striking her
with the stick but denied hitting her in the face. John Stynski has been
charged with first-degree manslaughter. |
| 21. Yvonne Thompson, 41 | St. Paul | August 25, 1996 |
| Yvonne was shot to death by her boyfriend, Freddie Bowen. A dispute between
Thompson and Bowen began in the back of her apartment building during which
neighbors and witnesses reported hearing Thompson yelling "Don't shoot
me! Don't shoot me!" The dispute continued through the building toward the
front door where there was more screaming, then shots and silence. Bowen
then ran out of the building, down the street and laid down on the boulevard
still holding the gun. Police had by this time taken up positions around
Bowen and attempted to negotiate with him. About six hours later, after all
attempts to resolve the situation had failed, police began to approach Bowen
who then got up with his gun pointed and police shot Bowen, who was dead on
arrival at the hospital. Yvonne Thompson had been trying to break off her
relationship with Bowen. |
| 22. Julie Ann Carroll, 43 | Faribault | September 12, 1996 |
| Julie Ann Carroll's 10-year-old daughter Meghan ran to her neighbor's house
saying she and her mother had both been shot. Police were summoned and found
Julie's body. Three-year-old Keely Carroll was unharmed but badly
frightened. Meghan was airlifted to a Twin Cities hospital and underwent
surgery for her wounds. Meghan reported that "Mommy and Jim were arguing."
About an hour and a half after the shootings, Erroll James Grosman
surrendered to police and was taken to the Rice County jail and held on $1
million bail. Later Erroll Grosman was released when bail was lowered to
$500,000. He committed suicide in the middle of December. |
