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he clean-cut 12 year ‘old with ‘

the | wide grin explained ‘that

i¢ was a Boy Scout and was
selling cookies door to door. The
lady of the:house smiled and beck-
oned for the/youngster to enter.
When tho lad innocently inquired if
her husband was at home, the
woman replied that he was at work.
Stevo dudy flashed a jackknife,
held it to’ the terrified woman's
throat and forced her into a
bedroom. Once there, he stabbed

sternum, he ran to the kitchen look-
ing for. another weapon. The
woman, bleeding profusely, stag-
ered to a bureau to fetch a small
atchet her husband kept there.

Steve returned just.as the woman
found the hatchet. He grabbed it
and swung wildly, severing the
woman's left. Index finger and spllt-
ting her head open,

This remarkable woman under-
went brain surgery and sur:
attack, Steve was quick
hended and incarcerated
tal institution for juvenil
spending only nine months in the
institution, he was released into the
care of foster parents.

Steve continued to be. in and out
of trouble for the next nine years,
lls most serious brush with the law
occurred when he beat and almost
killed a woman in a Chicago
suburb. Only the intervention of
passers-by saved the woman's life.
The 20 year old was sent away for
another of his'many short. stints in
prison. In March, 1977, he was
paroled after serving only 20
months. A month after his release,
Steve robbed a woman and spent
another year in prison.

On April 28, 1979, two men
searching for wild mushrooms along
White Lick Creek outside Indlanapo-
lis, Indiana, stumbled across
several articles of women’s clothing
near the bank of the creek. As they
followed the trail of clothing, they
came upon the nude body of a
woman. Her legs rested on the
creek bank, while the rest of her
body was submerged.

Within minutes, the area was
swarming with Indiana State Troop-
ers, who went about securing the
crime scene. Det. Sgt. Jerry Conner
interviewed the-two men who. had
found the body and then proceeded
to walk downstream from the foca-

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lon where the body had been dls-
covered, Later, he would say he
was looking for ony other clothin,
‘belonging to the dead woman. Wha
he found was far different, Conner

this

Wednesday, July 10,1991:

pickup called pollee the day after
tho murder, His young son had seen
the vehicle parked near: a nelgh-
borhood construction site,

Police quickly learned that the
truck Bctonged to Steve Judy, who
was well known to Indianapolis
police. Steve was taken into custody
and it had taken tess

horrendous discovery when detec-
tives, who had continued to walk
downstream, came across another
child's body. The small boy had
washed up on a sandy outcropping.
Police scanned the area. Unbeliev-
ably, from where they stood beside
the [lttle boy's body, they were able
to see the body of yet another child.
What monster had snuffed out the
lives of four individuals ond what
reason could anyone have for killing
three children, all under six years
of age?

A pretiminat of the

than 36 hours to home in on their

chief suspect, 1
Initially, Steve, on the advice of

his lawyer, wouldn't talk about the

; erlme. Authorities went about build-

ing a case against the vicious young
crimlnal. Tests proved that Steve's
blood type was compatible with
semen stains found on Terry's cloth-
ing. Threads taken from Steve's
clothing matched threads from
Terry’s blouse. Casts of tire tracks
lifted from the murder scene were
the same as the tire tracks of
Steve's pickup truck.

bodies revealed that the woman had
been raped and strangled. The chil-
dren had no marks of violence on
thelr bodies. All three had drowned
in Mis swirling waters of White Lick

reek.

From a bankbook found at the
scene, the woman was identified as
Terry Chasteen. The three little vic-
.ims were her children. Terry regu-
larly drove her children to a baby
sitter’s before continuing on to work
ata local grocery store. She hadn't
shown up for work that day, -

Terry had a boyfriend who was‘

genulnely shocked to learn of her

eath, He cooperated fully with
investigating officers and it was he
who was as! to officlally identify
the bodies. On the way to the mor-
tuary, he shouted out to necompany a
ing police, ‘That's Terry's car!" By

blind luck, the victim's distinctive
bright red vehicle had been found.

Terry's boyfriend later tdentified
her body and those of her three
children, Misty Ann, 5; Stephen
Michael, 4; and Mark Lewis, 2.
Terry was only 22 years old at the
ime of her death and was divorced
from the children's father, who was
in the U.S. Navy.

Police solicited the public's assis-
tance. They asked anyone who had
been near Highway 67 and White
Lick Creek that morning to contact
the Indiana State Police. Scores of
calls were received. One caller
reported that he and his young son
hed driven across the bridge over
White Lick Creek before 8 a.m.
They had noticed a distinctive!
painted red and silver pickup truck
parked down an access road.

Police put out a bulletin to adjoin-
ing states describing the conspicu-
ous vehicle. But it wasn't necessary.
Once again, by coincidence, the
truck was located. The same man

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He strangled
mom and then
drowned ciitaren

Steve Judy testified toward the

stopped, he pulled up and offered
assistance. At the same time, he
offered to look under the hood of
her car. That's when he ripped out
the ignition coil. When the car
wouldn’t start, he offered to give
Terry and her children a Iift.

They ‘travelled a short while
before Sieve pulied off the road and
parked near White Lick Creek. In
an obvious attempt to save her chil-
dren, Terry didn’t resist. She was
forced to walk down to the creek.
Steve told the children to go down-
stream and play. He then com-
manded Terry to remove her cloth-
ing. She complied in silence and
was raped, Suddenly, she screamed
hysterically. Steve ripped away a

iece of her clothing and stuffed it

her mouth before strangling his
helpless victim.

The children ran toward their
mother’s screams. One by one,
Steve picked them up and threw
them the creek, where they
drowned. Steve Judy begged the
court to execute him,

Sitting in the courtroom was a
woman who would later testify
against the accused man. The wit-
ness had no index finger on her left
hand. She was the woman who had
survived the vicious attack on her
life nine years carlier. .

On March 8, 1981, Steve Judy's
_Wish was ranted. He was execute

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The Castlegar Sun

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Cheatin

: Dear ‘Ann Landers: This is
‘for all'wives who think they can

trust their husbands because they

‘come straight home from work
and never go out alone in the
‘evening.

‘I used to be one of those flea
brains until I discovered, after 32
years of marriage, that my hus-
band “Leo” has been sneaking
‘around behind my back for the
‘last 20 years.

+ Who.told me? A “friend” who
got mad at him because she found
out he was cheating on HER with
another woman who is also in our
social group,

:.My husband is one of those
men who just loves hardware
stores and can go in for a screw-
driver and not come out for three
hours. (At least that is where he
said he was.) Although I could
never get him to fix one damned
thing in this house, he was always
happy to help out any widow in
the neighborhood who needed
some wiring or carpentry work
‘done.

: [had to pay someone to fix our
roof last year because Leo always
said he was afraid of heights.
‘When I caught him hanging sec-
ond-storey screens for a woman
who lives three blocks away, I got
suspicious. We had a talk and he
‘convinced me that suddenly,
through prayer, he had overcome

his fear, \

Now that I have the goods on
the rat, he has turned into the
model husband. I haven't decided
what I am going to do, but sure
feel like a fool for having been so
blind all these years. I hope you
will print this letter for other

and relatives? Did I buy a new car
that I couldn't afford?'No. So
what did I do that was so terrible?
Tfainted:in'a public place...
Someone called an ambulance
and I was on my way to the hospi-
tal when I woke up, Several hours
later in the emergency room, I,
told the admitting clerk that I had

wives who are living in dream-

Ann
Landers

Syndicated
Columnist

land, as I was—No Name, No
City, Just Ohio

Dear Ohio: You didn’t ask for
any advice and it doesn’t sound as
if you need any. I'll bet Leo
behaves a lot better from now on.
If he doesn’t and you need some
reinforcement, write again.

Dear Ann Landers: I ived

no i and no job. When
the doctor arrived he asked me if I
knew the name of the president, I
replied, “George Bush.” The doc-
tor said he couldn't do anything
for me, that I had to call my own
physician.

The bill for this is in the hands
of the collection agency. Last year
my income was below poverty
level. I have written several times
to the hospital and ambulance
company and asked them to send
me the forms for general assis-
tance, since I can’t pay the bills.
They ignore my requests.

It is a disgrace that we are the

a call yesterday which left me
sick to my stomach and extremely
angry. The call was from a collec-
tion agency person who said if I
didn't pay my bill, I would be
Teported to the attorney general
and my credit rating would be
destroyed.

What did I do to deserve this?
Was I in charge of an S&L that
made sweetheart loans to friends

only industrialized nation without
some form of public health plan.
This is just another example of
how the moral and ethical callous-
ness of those who are in:positions
of power in this country. —B.M.,
Utica, N.Y.

Dear Utica: It is a disgrace that
33 million Americans are without
health coverage. I promise you,
this is going to change. The

and several top senators and con-
gressmen are going to see to it—
and soon, As for your situation,
visit the hospital in person and get
the forms you need,

Dear Ann Landers: This is
the fourth letter I've written to
you and I am going to mail it, The
others I tore up, I am desperate,

T was a widow for eight years.
content with my accounting job,
my home and my only grand-
daughter, That's all I thought I
necded until this man came into
my life. if there is such a things as
Jove at first sight that's what hap-
pened to us, This man is 20 years
my senior and extremely hand-
some,

We dated for a year. He lived
out of state and I flew nearly
every weekend to sce him in
South Carolina and stayed in his
home. When we were apart, he
called every night to tell me how
much he loved me,

When he asked me to marry
him, I was thrilled. I sold my
home and moved to Charleston.
After a year of honeymooning, I
wanted to go to work. He said
absolutely no, so now I am stuck
at home with no car and no
money.

If my girlfriends ask me to
joint them for lunch, I must make
up an excuse because I’m

‘ion

d to tell them I have no

money to cat out. I gave the
Moncy from the sale of my home
to my husband to invest, and I
haven't seen a penny of it since.
Whenever I bring up the subject
of that $58,000 i he

¢ husband caught after 20 years:

going to need it. i

Dear Ann Landers:.1 arg
deaf. If you print this letter, pleasé
don't edit it to read “hearing
impaired,” I hat the term.:T, likd
mani

Ieaves the room.

If Task him for moncy to go to
the grocery store, he tells me to
make a list and he'll get whatever
I need. Keep in mind that for 20
years I was an accountant, but
now suddenly I’m not bright
enough to buy groceries.

When I told him how unhappy
I was, he said, “If you don't like
the arrangement, get out and go
back home.” What home? I don't
know what to do, Ann. I feel hurt,
stranded and betrayed. Sign my
Jetter—Trapped in Charleston

Dear Trapped: This sudden
Personality change suggests that
your husband might have a neuro-
logical problem. Call his doctor
and tell him what you have told
me and ‘ask him to please look
into this,

If your husband has no doctor
or if he checks out OK in the
upper story, suggest counselling.
If he refuses, find a lawyer who
will take your case on a contin-
gency basis, which means no fee,
but he or she will take a percent-
age of whatever you recover, Suc
for divorce and the $85,000 you
gave him. Good luck. You’re

current compilation of

the most peculiarthings
people do, edited by Chuck
Shepherd.

Proof that true stories are
weirder than made-up
I stories.

In March, Anthony Ziegler,
20, of Minneapolis, got into argu-
ments at two different parties on

ive nights in d
disputes and wound up being shot
both times (in the leg at the first
party and in the back and arm at
the second party). He was treated
and released at the same hospital
after each incident.

Science Fair

+ The Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report, published by the
Centers for Disease Control,
recently contained safety warn-
ings against the following behav-
iors: eating raw pork intestines,
poking one’s eye with mascara
brushes, exposure to llama rabies
and entering unventilated manure
pits.

+ A Daly City, Calif., physi-
cian, writing a medical journal in
March, told of a patient who got
the best relief from lower back
pain by flying upside-down in an
open-cockpit biplane. The pilot,
who is tightly belted in, reports
the only problem is that the
engine stalls after about 10 sec-
onds, sending him into a dive
during which time he must restart
it. (or crash). Thus, the physician
prescribes the treatment “in brief
bursts.”

|» Researchers in New York an
Israel recently da

and changes in the brain's “plea-
sure centers.” The research is
based on a study of 24 brains,
which took seven years to collect,
said the doctors, because so few
brains these days are sufficiently
free of disease and drugs.

+ The British Medical Journal
reported in January the case of a
blind man, 82, who tried to block
urinary incontinence by inserting
a kidney bean into his urethra but
who was unable to see well
enough to remove it (and compli-
cations had arisen). Urologist
Anup Patel wrote that the
patient's original idea (taught to
him by an Australian shepherd
who says he changes beans every

4. hours) was “ingenious,” but
also reported that the’ blind man’s
bean_had sprouted and had to be
removed in three pieces.

Police Blotter

« Patrick M. O'Conner, 21, was
arrested for an attempted grocery
store robbery in Calgary, Canada,
in March. O’Connor was ham-
pered by two things: (1) His only
weapon was an ordinary can
opener, which did not scare the
clerk, and (2) he was accompa-
nied to the robbery by his girl-
friend's 16-month-old baby, who
kept falling out of the carriage
while O’Connor made his get-
away.

¢ Miryam Perez of LaVerne,
Calif., testified in March that her
ex-boyfriend, Rafael Avila, broke.
into her apartment late one night.
He put the barrel of his gun into
her mouth , and, in a three-hour
ordeal, forced her to clean the
apartment and make the beds
(saying, “This is the way I want-
ed [you to behave]"’).

+ Hong Kong police reported
in April the rescue of a 32-year-

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old man who was washed ashore.
He had taken a casino ship from
the Hong Kong port, but had run
up some gambling bills and
jumped into shark infested waters
to avoid the loan shark.

¢ A 34-year-old man was

arrested in Seatile in March for -

bank robbery after witnesses saw
him run into a hotel a few blocks
away. Police arrived at the hotel
to find a trail of money through
the hallway right up to the thief’s
door.

* Police in two Tennessee
counties were searching recently
for a potential rapist who on three
occasions had approached female

;counter clerks who were working

alone in retail stores, tied them up
with duct tape he carries, then
announce, “I can't do this,” and
walked away. j

* Buscho Inc., owner of three
massage parlors in Austin, Texas,
billed the city $2,800 for 27 nude

given to 19

police officers in 1988 and 1989.
The police chief said that, since
prostitution arrests were made
each time, the city does not owe
any money. A Buscho lawyer
said each massage was given in
its entirety before any arrest was
made and therefore that the bill
must be paid.

« Michael McKenna, 37, a
Norwalk, Conn., bank teller, was
charged with robbing a rival bank

. during his lunch hour one day in

January. Said:a police officer,
“He punched out, robbed the
bank, went home, left the money,
punched back in.” .

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employee, Roehm was calling
people his elves, “ho-ho-ho-ing
and so on.” He said he couldn't
leave the bar because he was
waiting for is sleigh and reindcer,
{As police led him away, he still
refused to break character.)

* Durham, N.C., police were
called to an apartment in Decem-
ber by a resident who said that,
while he was entertaining guests,
an unidentified man walked in the
door, went to the kitchen, fired a
shot into his refrigerator, and left.

(Send your weird news to
Chuck Sheperd, P.O. Box 57141,
Washington, D.C. 20037.)

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Deaf—with a capitalD,
Thave never been
if it should happen, I would b¢
unable to use the phone numbed
you recently printed for the
Domestic Violence Hotline (14
800-333-SAFE). There is also 4
TDD number (Telecommunicas
tions Device for the Deaf) fo:
those who are deaf or. speed!
impaired. It is 1-800-873-6363
Like the voice number, this one is
staffed 24 hours, every day of the
year. pera tees |
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of battered wives who cannot, for
hi Teason, icaté
with a standard phone, §') "4
Ann, next time you mention 9
hotline number, please take a
moment to find out if there is also
one for those who rely on the
TDD to communicate. Thanks —
A.S., Gallaudet University, Wash-
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