Paul Michael Stephani, a serial killer in Minneapolis, kills multiple teenagers between 1980 and 1982. Multiple outlets describe the victims as teens who are murdered using an ice pick or a similar pointed tool, with reports emphasizing the attacks’ brutality.
After the killings, Stephani telephones police while emotional, according to the outlets. His calls reportedly lead to him earning the nickname “Weepy-Voiced Killer.” The accounts agree that these phone calls to law enforcement occur after each attack, making him a figure of ongoing fear for local residents during that period.
Both sources frame the case around the pattern of murders and the killer’s post-attack contact with police. While the tool used is described differently—“ice pick” in one report and “screwdrivers” in another—the shared details are the timeframe, the targeting of teenagers, and Stephani’s repeated, emotional communications with police after the killings.
