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He Called 911 Four Times Confessing to Murder, But They Couldn’t Track Him
The Weepy Voiced Killer was finally caught thanks to one woman’s extraordinary survival instincts
January 1, 1981
On the first day of 1981 at just 3 am, law enforcement received their first phone call from Michael Stephani. In a high-pitched weepy voice, he reported seeing a badly hurt girl by an empty manufacturing company. He frantically begged the dispatcher to send help. When Saint Paul police officers arrived at the location, they found a young woman lying outside in the snow, beaten nearly to death. The officers who responded to the scene said the extent of her injuries was the worst they had ever seen. Her skull was split open and her brain was visible. Miraculously, she survived the attack. However, she did not remember anything about her attacker. The last thing she remembered was being at a New Year’s Eve party. Although she couldn’t offer any important details, the next woman who would survive Stephani’ss attack would have him locked up for the rest of his life.
June 3, 1981
The next call Stephani made to 911 was on June 3, 1981. In the call, he asks the operator, “Will you find me? I just stabbed someone with an ice pick? I can’t stop myself, I keep…
