Sadistic Isn't Sexually Transmitted

Red Wing, Minnesota, lies in Goodhue County in the south-eastern part of the state, on the Mississippi River. In the early 1990s it was a town of about 16,000 people, and the case that follows unfolded there over two years.

Daylene May Counts was 21 years old in the spring of 1991 and already had two children from a previous marriage, a three-year-old and a one-year-old. details of the account remain covered until revealed Both were quick to fall into relationships. Within months they were living together on and off, and by September 1991 Counts was pregnant.

The relationship was violent almost from the start. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it On 4 January 1992, before the baby was born, a custody evaluation took place. this part of the story is covered for now Their daughter was born on 11 April 1992.

details of the account remain covered until revealed While he was inside, Counts began seeing another man. When he came out in September 1992 she filed for an order of protection and for child support. On 21 September her affidavit alleged physical and emotional abuse. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it The cycle continued. On 21 December 1992 she told another custody evaluator that he had punched her in the back, thrown a full can at her and put her in a chokehold because she refused to have sex with him. On 28 December each of them obtained a restraining order against the other.

On 7 January 1993 a neighbour in the next apartment called the Red Wing police after hearing the couple argue all day and hearing something smash against the shared wall. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

By March 1993 the relationship was over and they were living apart. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it They stopped at Counts's apartment to leave the daughter for a weekend visit. this part of the story is covered for now Counts asked him into a bedroom to talk. She told him she had contracted chlamydia and suggested he be tested. He later claimed she also said, Good luck finding a girlfriend now. He stormed out, came back a minute later and demanded a small amount of money she allegedly owed him. She refused. He shouted, I'm surprised you didn't give me AIDS, and left without the daughter.

The planned dinner with his parents was abandoned. They drove him and Lampman to a liquor store, then to Lampman's house, where the two men drank beer and played cards. details of the account remain covered until revealed Later he said he was going to fuck her up and finish her. Before leaving for a party, he asked Lampman for a knife. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

The party was in Jerry Lewis's apartment at the Red Wing Motel. this part of the story is covered for now A girl under 18 at the party heard him say, I'm going to kill her. He left with Lampman and Lewis, walked towards Lampman's house, then peeled off alone.

At about 10 p.m. he went to Counts's apartment and banged on the window of the front door with the butt of the knife. The glass did not break, but a light came on and Counts let him in. He had the knife hidden under his jacket. He said they sat and talked, that his daughter and Counts's young son were awake, and that he rocked his daughter to sleep and put her in the son's bed. He took his jacket off and put it and the knife under his chair.

Then Counts told him she did not want to spend Easter, which was also their daughter's first birthday, with him. She said she wanted to take the daughter and spend the day with another man. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it He said he was overwhelmed by rage at being lied to, grabbed the knife, stabbed her in the heart, threw her on the floor and slashed her.

The medical examiner found a deep stab wound through her clothing that reached her heart and killed her. She had been slashed across the abdomen, both arms, thighs and buttocks, had a deep stab wound in the buttocks, a stab wound below her left breast, and the letter T carved into her stomach. Her left eye was bruised, and the examiner thought that injury was inflicted before death, possibly as much as a day earlier. The other wounds were post-mortem.

this part of the story is covered for now He walked back to Lampman's house and said, I killed her, and I fucked the bitch up. Lampman did not believe him. details of the account remain covered until revealed

The next morning, 20 March, he went to the hospital to be tested for chlamydia. He then returned to his parents' house, where Lampman came over. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it At about 2.30 p.m. his brother called from the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud. this part of the story is covered for now

At about 5.36 p.m. Counts's friend Catherine Weddle, who had keys, let herself into the apartment and found her dead. The three children were there, screaming and covered in blood. The five-year-old, Tiffany, said, Bill did with a knife. Bill did because he was mad at mommy, and, My mommy died. Bill died her. A neighbour called 911. details of the account remain covered until revealed In the basement they found a hand-drawn picture of a bleeding heart with a knife sticking out of it and the words help me underneath. He denied the killing.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it There were also counts of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, second-degree criminal sexual conduct, second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, child endangerment and child neglect. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it The five-year-old's videotaped testimony was played. this part of the story is covered for now Much of it was hearsay, but the court admitted it because Counts had told consistent accounts to several people. details of the account remain covered until revealed He admitted killing her but denied premeditation and claimed he acted in the heat of passion. He first said Lampman gave him the knife, then said he stole it. He said he had gone to the apartment only to vandalise a car, found no cars, broke the door window, was let in, and that the killing followed the argument about Easter. He said he watched her die and did not seek medical help. He put the time in the apartment at 30 to 45 minutes.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now The manslaughter count was not reached.

details of the account remain covered until revealed The defence called the killing a spontaneous, isolated incident caused by intoxication and said he was remorseful. The judge said the conduct, including leaving the children there, was beyond the court's comprehension. Counts's mother, Mary Poole, said, I hope the next woman that cries for help, somebody will listen.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now Counts is buried at Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana. details of the account remain covered until revealed The three children survived; Tiffany was five, her brother three and the baby 11 months old.