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Aksarben Cemetary-Aksarben cemetary, is Nebraska spelled backwards Submit your story of any item or any person related to the Waterstraat family here.........
Lawrencia Bembenek - item of interest from the Wisconsin Waterstraats Bambi Bembenek James Benning made a film in 1989 of the Bembenek case, "Used Innocence," distributed by First Run features. Ira Robbins, a private detective, worked tirelessly on the case for over seven years. He assisted the Canadian officials to evaluate whether Bembenek had gotten a fair trial when she filed for refugeestatus. Bembenek was paroled Dec. 9, 1992 and credited with time already served. Then she graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, the first female "lifer" admitted to an extension program. She took a degree in the Humanities. A movie about her life, "Woman on the Run," was developed into a two-part miniseries starring Tatum O'Neal, from Bembenek's book, Woman on Trial. She rode around in a limo, bought a Jaguar,went on a book tour, gave speeches, showed her paintings, and appeared on Oprah. Eventually she tired of all the attention and legally changed her name to Laurie. Then she got involved with a drug-dealer who gave her some marijuana and cocaine, which violated the terms of her parole. She spent two weeks in jail and then had to live with an electronic monitor. When she contracted Hepatitis C, she moved to Washington State, nearly penniless and wishing that the public, who had called her "Bambi" would forget about her. Bambi Bembenek
Phyllis' thought on mental attitude: "I have reached a point in my life right now where I have an inner peace that I haven't had in my whole life because I've been working a lot on going from within and thinking of light and what my thoughts are. Canceling negative thoughts. That brings me to these thoughts. We should be into abundance and not struggle. I think we manifest what we say. If we sit around and say, I've been struggling for so long and I just don't know what's going to happen next, that's a negative. You'll manifest that. So think abundance, joy, be up, think success, and happiness. That everything is good. That will change your position in life." (Las Vegas has been Phyllis McGuire's home since 1964)