Where is bambi bembenek

A new podcast revisits the story of U. Catherine Fogarty is host and producer of the three-part series Woman on the Run, presented by her Toronto-based network Story Hunter Podcasts.

Fogarty said she stumbled upon Bembenek's story while researching other cases for her podcast network.

She said she remembered the story, but was previously unaware of the strong Canadian connection to the case. Bembenek escaped from prison in Fond du Lac, Wis. She won the right to have murder scene evidence tested for her DNA, but even that testing took a bizarre and unexpected twist in The Dr Phil show agreed to conduct the expensive testing, with the results to be revealed on air.

The show's producers kept Bembenek in an apartment - with a bodyguard and videotaping - apparently to shield her from media reports about her case, said her attorney Mary Woehrer. Bembenek suffered a panic attack and flashback to prison confinement, and tried to climb out of window, Woehrer said. She fell and badly injured her right foot, which later had to be amputated.

Her appeal efforts were not successful. Ira Robins, who worked as an investigator on her case and remained her friend, pursued the case for more than 20 years. The saga of 'Bambi' Bembenek finally ends. Please try again later. The Sydney Morning Herald. November 22, — 8. Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size.

Convicted of murder but maintained her innocence Sentenced to life in jail but escaped 'Run, Bambi, run' T-shirt campaign Milwaukee's longest running legal saga may have ended with the death last night of Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek. Her health problems included hepatitis C and liver and kidney failure, Colette Bembenek said. They were captured three months later in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Colette Bembenek said she did not have a chance to speak to her sister before she died. Laurie has this bizarre charisma Bembenek continued to maintain her innocence, repeatedly trying to clear her name. The plumber found a wig caught in a drainage pipe, fibers from which were consistent with the hairs found on Christine's leg.

The following week, Fred Schultz submitted his off-duty firearm, a. He said the only other person who had access to it was his wife, Bembenek. Initial ballistics tests matched it to the bullet that killed Christine Schultz. Detectives zeroed in on Bembenek as Fred did indeed have an alibi for the night of the murder, even if it was shaky and he had initially lied. They arrested Bembenek at her job at Marquette University on June 24, , and charged her with the murder of Christine Schultz, according to Milwaukee Magazine.

Police searched her work locker and found a hairbrush which contained hairs that were consistent to those found on the bandana used to gag the victim. In March , Bembenek went on trial for the murder of Christine Schultz. Prosecutors alleged she killed Christine because she was angry about the alimony payments Fred was forced to pay his ex-wife.

She was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. He later said he absolutely believed his second wife was guilty of murdering his first, telling the Chicago Tribune in , ''I think she did it for both of us. Bembenek, however, maintained her innocence throughout her incarceration, saying she had been targeted by the Milwaukee Police Department for speaking out against its discriminatory practices.

And while suspicion persisted that Fred was somehow involved, he could never be connected to the murder of his first wife. But Bembenek's freedom was short-lived. Bembenek began training at the Milwaukee Police Academy in Her superiors accused her of smoking marijuana at a party. Although they reprimanded her for the misconduct, the academy allowed her to graduate. She briefly worked as an officer until she was fired for filing a false report when authorities arrested her then-close friend Judy Zess for smoking marijuana.

After her termination, Bembenek discovered nude pictures of police officers in her department at a local bar. She maintained the department subjected female officers to abuse and firings over minor infractions, whereas male officers were not. In , she testified against the department for fraud.

The medical examiner who conducted Christine Schultz's autopsy, Dr. Elaine Samuels, concluded the hair collected from the crime scene was the victim's. Samuels refutes Hanson's statements, reasserting that all the hairs she found on Christine's body were "grossly identical to the hair of the victim. After Zess left, the toilet became clogged. The prosecution accused Bembenek of flushing it down the toilet, which she denied.

The public came to know her as an ex-playmate, despite the fact she never appeared in the magazine and only worked at the club for a short time. After she was released from prison, Bembenek attempted to clear up misconceptions about her early life in her autobiography, but she was never fully able to change the public's perception of her as the "Playboy Bunny Killer. After her official release from prison in , Bembenek remarried and moved to Washington state to be closer to her parents, who were living in Vancouver at the time.

According to mental health examiners, experiencing a murder trial and spending nearly a decade in prison diminished Bembenek's mental state. Reportedly, she began to self-medicate with alcohol. She was due to appear on the Dr. Phil Show to have DNA evidence tested in the hopes of being exonerated.