Milwaukee, Wisconsin, An year-old Shawn Schultz calls the police and says a man with red ponytail wig, broke into his house and shot his mother. Christine is the ex-wife of police officer Fred Schultz. Fred is one of the first officers on the scene.
He and his partner had been drinking, on duty, when they responded to the call. The murder weapon was a gun Fred Schultz had kept at his new home. Schlitz, out of Milwaukee, was the largest beer producer in the U. Laurie was arrested for the murder. At the time of her arrest, she was working for Marquette University 's Public Safety Department in downtown Milwaukee.
Prior to her arrest, Laurie Bembenek was fired by the Milwaukee Police Department and had gone on to sue the department, claiming that it engaged in sexual discrimination and other illegal activities.
Laurie had attended a concert where her friend, Judy Zess, smoked marijuana. Even though Laurie denied she had smoked marijuana and there was no proof of it, she was fired based on the report of an anonymous tipster. Laurie complained, but the Milwaukee police took no action. However, when Laurie was arrested for murder, the investigation ended as they had lost their prime witness. Laurie Bemenek escaped from Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Wisconsin by squeezing out a window at night.
Despite the fact he was in one of the incriminating photos she provided to the EEOC, the couple fell passionately in love. A month after that, in January , they were married. He screamed and woke up his 8-year-old brother, Shannon. The attacker next ran into Christine's bedroom and Sean heard a loud bang, according to court records.
As the intruder ran out the door, Sean ran to his mother and found her bound and gagged. A single strand of red hair-like material was found on her leg and other hairs were recovered from her gag, according to court documents. He said it was a man with broad shoulders and a red ponytail, wearing a green top, possibly a jogging suit, and low-cut black shoes, similar to those worn by police officers. Suspicion immediately fell upon Fred.
In his initial statement to police, Fred lied about his whereabouts on the night of the murder. Fred claimed he had been working a case but it turned out he was drinking on the job at a local bar. B embenek, meanwhile, claimed she was home alone sleeping at the time of the murder, and said s he had been packing earlier that night, as she and Fred were moving to a new apartment the following month. But then a break came in the case.
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. Under oath, the boys maintained the suspect was not Laurie Bembenek. At the trial, the circumstantial evidence against her mounted. Schultz was the ex-wife of Bembenek's then-husband, Elfred "Fred" Schultz, and Bembenek had key access to Schultz's home.
Authorities discovered Bembenek also had access to the alleged weapon used to kill Schultz - Fred's revolver. Fred was a police officer and was off duty the night of the murder, allegedly drinking at a bar with his partner. Bembenek also had a wig that matched fibers found at the scene of the crime. An employee at a boutique testified in court Bembenek bought a wig shortly before the murder.
After four days of deliberation, a jury sentenced Bembenek to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 10 years. Multiple witnesses testified Bembenek spoke often about murdering Schultz, which Bembenek denied. Later, Zess added to her testimony and claimed Bembenek had asked her about hiring someone to kill Schultz. Schultz's eldest son, Sean, saw the murderer flee and described a 6-foot-tall man wearing a green army jacket and black shoes.
Bembenek was 5"10', and the prosecution noted she owned a green jumpsuit comparable to the one Sean described, as well as a clothing line and bandana similar to those used to bound and gag the victim. Fred and Bembenek had been married less than a year when authorities arrested Bembenek. His children reportedly moved in with Christine's sister. As of , Fred remarried and was running a construction business. One of the major pieces of circumstantial evidence against Bembenek was her vehement claims Fred was giving too much money to his ex-wife.
While Fred and Christine were still married, he built a house for their family. Reportedly, newlyweds Bembenek and Fred were in the process of moving out of their apartment to a cheaper one because Fred was low on money.
Prosecutors alleged Bembenek thought Fred needed to stop spending half of his paycheck on Schultz, or Schultz needed to move so Fred could sell the house. A quick search on Google and the Journal Sentinel's archives provided no hits putting the two together. Schultz was the ex-wife of Milwaukee police detective Elfred Schultz Jr. He then married Bembenek, who had formerly worked as a police officer in Milwaukee and briefly as a Playboy Club waitress.
On that Nov. They had already married in January , but questions arose about the validity of that marriage because Schultz had not waited long enough after his divorce.
Apparently, Bembenek also applied for and received the county ID the same November day. It says Lawrencia, though she later changed her name to Laurie. She was 23 at the time, and Schultz was
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