Further reading for Dan Wozniak/ Accidents and deaths at Disneyland

Killing for You: A Brave Soldier, a Beautiful Dancer, and a Shocking Double Murder

Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland

May 2010, Costa Mesa, California Julie Kibuishi a 23 year old colleges student at Orange Coast College, is found murdered in the apartment of Sam Herr. He is a 26 year old Army veteran of the 173 Airborne Brigade Combat team, the two knew each other as Julie had been tutoring Sam but they soon became friends and would hang out. Julies body had been shot and appeared to have been sexually assaulted and Sam was nowhere to be found.

Fearing that Same had suffered some sort of a PTSD related breakdown and actually did commit this crime and take off, his father watched a shared bank account for any action and was soon surprised to see withdrawals being made a local ATM. When they brought the police in watched the video surveillance they saw a 16 year old boy withdrawing the funds, following him questioning him they were told that a man named Daniel Wozniak had asked him to periodically withdraw money for him.

Wozniak was a local community theater actor in Orange County, he was known to be in deep debt, had no full time job and and upcoming wedding. Sam and Wozniak had become friend, same living in the same apartment complex, but that did not explain how Wozniak got Sam’s ATM card, nor why he was having someone withdraw money from his accounts.

On the night of his bachelor party, police arrest Dan Wozniak they brought in for questioning in connection with the withdrawals but knew there must have been a deeper story, and since they were dealing with a theater performer, the interrogation was a showstopper.

He started with the story that Sam showed up at his apartment door stating that he has shot and killed Julie Kibuishi and needed Wozniak’s help, Dan claimed that being a good friend, he helped Sam escape. The police asked him for a DNA sample to rule him out from having a hands on role in the murder, but Wozniak appeared to panic and refused. He told the police that he was in the apartment and saw the body, that he had seen the two gunshot wounds in the girls head. This was evidence that had not been released, and was not apparent to the naked eye. This was where he tripped up, because only Julie’s killer would have known how many times she was shot.

After 14 hours and the performance of a lifetime at the police station, Wozniak confessed to not only killing Julie but to also murdering Sam Herr. He has asked Sam to a local theater under the guise of needing help moving supplies in the attic. Once there he shot same in the back, dismembered his body and disposed of his remains in a park in CA.

Dan Wozniak went to trail and was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, he was given the death pentaly.

His fiancé was also arrested and convicted of accessory-after-the-fact as she lied during court proceedings, she is expected to serve between one and two years in jail.

Then we went on a trip to the happiest place in the world!!!

Accidents and deaths that happened at Disneyland!!!

Episode 93

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