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who is into S and M wants to be loved and taken care of like a child, and while some of his women may have recognized how cruel and uncaring Robinson was, they continued to see him. Certainly, they did not stay hooked up with him because he was a matinee idol. Indeed, he was paunchy and unremarkable looking. Some of the women were not into S and M, but Robinson was also a superb con man and willing to say anything to achieve his ends.
Eventually, cops in both Kansas and Missouri started to connect the female disappearances to one person—John Robinson. They knew about a variety of missing women, all with some type of relationship to Robinson.
In 1984, Robinson was in communication with 18-year-old Paula Godfrey of Olathe, Kansas. He talked her into taking a job with him, working in some capacity at one of his nonexistent companies where he promised her the moon. Godfrey told her parents that Robinson was sending her away for training, but when they did not hear anything from her, they filed a missing person’s report.
Eventually, her parents received a typed note—above her signature—that said she was okay. She supposedly also sent a note to the Overland Park police, stating that she was fine and didn’t want to be contacted by them or her parents. Since she was eighteen, the police could do nothing further. They dropped the case, and Paula Godfrey remained missing.
Robinson’s inflated ego is interesting to observe in operation. He assumed that if he sent the note, the cops wouldn’t become suspicious. That was a truly dumb assumption, and only people with delusions of grandeur would think they could get away with something like that.
Baby for Sale
In 1985, Lisa Stasi, a 19-year-old single mother, met a man calling himself “John Osborne” at a shelter. The man promised her an apartment, job training, a monthly stipend, and even day care for her four-month-old daughter, Tiffany. Stasi agreed, signed a few blank sheets of paper, and promptly disappeared.
A few days after meeting Stasi, Robinson contacted his brother Don and his wife, Helen, and informed them that he had a four-month-old baby girl that they could adopt. He told them that, tragically, the baby’s mother had committed suicide in a hotel room, but his connections with a local charity would allow him to get the child for them if they paid the legal fees, which would be around $8,000 when the baby was delivered. The baby, of course, was Tiffany Stasi, and the papers Robinson brought were all forgeries.
Lisa Stasi
Buoyed by his ability to con people in this way, Robinson subsequently tried to con other young women who had children. He approached a number of homes that housed indigent mothers and tried to convince the people in charge that he was willing to take on the mothers and children, but without the proper official paperwork he got nowhere fast.
In 1987, 27-year-old Catherine Clampitt, moved from Texas to Kansas to work with Robinson, but like others, she disappeared.
In 1993, Robinson was released from a stint in jail where he had met 49-year-old Beverly Bonner. She was a librarian in the corrections system, and he had actually seduced her there. As soon as he got out of prison, Bonner divorced her husband, a prison doctor, and hooked up with Robinson. He killed Bonner shortly after she had all of her alimony checks forwarded to a post-office box. What had happened to her would only be revealed later by the mystified police.
Of all the murders that cops eventually uncovered, the worst by far, at least in the opinion of the author, was that of Sheila Faith and her daughter.
In 1994, Robinson met the 45-year-old from Fullerton, California, who was looking for a man after her husband died. Sheila’s 15-year-old daughter, Debbie, used a wheelchair, was in need of constant medical care, and had hardly enough strength to move the wheelchair on her own. Robinson met Sheila in an online chat room and promised to provide care for both her and
Eventually, cops in both Kansas and Missouri started to connect the female disappearances to one person—John Robinson. They knew about a variety of missing women, all with some type of relationship to Robinson.
In 1984, Robinson was in communication with 18-year-old Paula Godfrey of Olathe, Kansas. He talked her into taking a job with him, working in some capacity at one of his nonexistent companies where he promised her the moon. Godfrey told her parents that Robinson was sending her away for training, but when they did not hear anything from her, they filed a missing person’s report.
Eventually, her parents received a typed note—above her signature—that said she was okay. She supposedly also sent a note to the Overland Park police, stating that she was fine and didn’t want to be contacted by them or her parents. Since she was eighteen, the police could do nothing further. They dropped the case, and Paula Godfrey remained missing.
Robinson’s inflated ego is interesting to observe in operation. He assumed that if he sent the note, the cops wouldn’t become suspicious. That was a truly dumb assumption, and only people with delusions of grandeur would think they could get away with something like that.
Baby for Sale
In 1985, Lisa Stasi, a 19-year-old single mother, met a man calling himself “John Osborne” at a shelter. The man promised her an apartment, job training, a monthly stipend, and even day care for her four-month-old daughter, Tiffany. Stasi agreed, signed a few blank sheets of paper, and promptly disappeared.
A few days after meeting Stasi, Robinson contacted his brother Don and his wife, Helen, and informed them that he had a four-month-old baby girl that they could adopt. He told them that, tragically, the baby’s mother had committed suicide in a hotel room, but his connections with a local charity would allow him to get the child for them if they paid the legal fees, which would be around $8,000 when the baby was delivered. The baby, of course, was Tiffany Stasi, and the papers Robinson brought were all forgeries.
Lisa Stasi
Buoyed by his ability to con people in this way, Robinson subsequently tried to con other young women who had children. He approached a number of homes that housed indigent mothers and tried to convince the people in charge that he was willing to take on the mothers and children, but without the proper official paperwork he got nowhere fast.
In 1987, 27-year-old Catherine Clampitt, moved from Texas to Kansas to work with Robinson, but like others, she disappeared.
In 1993, Robinson was released from a stint in jail where he had met 49-year-old Beverly Bonner. She was a librarian in the corrections system, and he had actually seduced her there. As soon as he got out of prison, Bonner divorced her husband, a prison doctor, and hooked up with Robinson. He killed Bonner shortly after she had all of her alimony checks forwarded to a post-office box. What had happened to her would only be revealed later by the mystified police.
Of all the murders that cops eventually uncovered, the worst by far, at least in the opinion of the author, was that of Sheila Faith and her daughter.
In 1994, Robinson met the 45-year-old from Fullerton, California, who was looking for a man after her husband died. Sheila’s 15-year-old daughter, Debbie, used a wheelchair, was in need of constant medical care, and had hardly enough strength to move the wheelchair on her own. Robinson met Sheila in an online chat room and promised to provide care for both her and
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