Lawrencia Bembenek, shown during a May 1988 court appearance, was convicted in 1982
of the murder of Christine Schultz, the ex-wife of Bembenek's then-husband, Elfred O.
Schultz, a Milwaukee police detective.

After escaping from prison and being recaptured, Bembenek reached a deal with prosecutors
in 1992 in which she pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in return for a 20-year
sentence. She was given credit for the 10 years she’d spent in prison and was allowed to
 serve the remaining 10 years on parole.

After Bembenek escaped from Taycheedah Correctional Institution, some showed their support.

Dominic Gugliatto, a divorced Milwaukee factory worker, met Bembenek when he was visiting a sister
in prison. After Bembenek escaped from prison, she and Gugliatto lived under assumed names in
Thunder Bay, Ontario. They were captured in October 1990, three months after her escape.
(Photo by Allan Y. Scott)

Lawrencia Bembenek and Dominic Gugliatto were captured in Canada on Oct. 17, 1990, after a
tourist recognized him from a picture shown during an episode of "America's Most Wanted."

Police in Thunder Bay, Ontario, accompany Bembenek after her capture in October 1990.

Bembenek talks at a 1992 news conference.

Bembenek arrives for a 1996 court appearance.
(Photo by Ronald M. Overdahl)

Lawrencia Bembenek and longtime supporter Ira Robins (right) appear in Milwaukee County
Circuit Court on Oct. 4, 2002, to present a motion for DNA testing of evidence presented
in her 1982 trial. Her DNA was not found, but a state Court of Appeals panel ruled in 2006
that she gave up her right to try to prove her innocence when she agreed to a plea deal
that set her free after her escape from prison in 1992.
(Photo by William J. Lizdas)

Laurie Bembenek, 2003.