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| The Berels |
In season 11, episode 7, the murder of
Melissa
and Scott Berels by Samantha Bachynski is shown. The show is
titled Death Watch and Discovery ID's Deadly Women describes it as
Deadly women who get their kicks from watching others suffer..
Samantha Bachynski was convicted of 2
counts of murder with and sentenced to Life without parole. She is not eligible
for release.
She committed these murder with Patrick Selepak who is also serving a life sentence.
They were two people who came together to commit awful crimes together. There have been numerous shows done on this crime.
Her appeal (see link) included:
According to the state appellate court, here is what happened. Bachynski's first two victims were Scott Berels and his pregnant wife Melissa. Bachynski and her boyfriend, Patrick Selepak, an acquaintance of Melissa, came to the Berels' house. At some point, they locked the couple in their bathroom. Then Selepak choked Melissa until she was blue but still alive, all within earshot of her restrained husband. Bachynski “finish[ed] it,” pulling a belt around Melissa's neck until she was dead. People v. Bachynski, No. 281550, 2009 WL 723600, at *2 (Mich.Ct.App. Mar. 19, 2009). Bachynski took a break to smoke a cigarette, then returned to Scott. Selepak beat Scott “until there was blood everywhere,” and Bachynski “moved a knife across [his] neck” and injected him with bleach. Id. Bachynski put her foot on Scott's head and pulled a belt around his neck, killing Scott. Bachynski took another cigarette break. She and Selepak hid the bodies before stealing the couple's money and driving away in their car.
The next day, they befriended a stranger, Frederick Johnson, at a dance club, and they seduced him later that night and in the days that followed—at a hotel and eventually at Johnson's house. They also spent time with him eating and shopping in Frankenmuth, Michigan. They returned to the dance club with him and his son-in-law the next day. And they spent the next two days after that watching movies at Johnson's house. On the last night, they tortured and killed Johnson, apparently in order to steal his truck and other personal items. They loaded his dead body in the bed of Johnson's truck and stole the truck. Police eventually found Bachynski and Selepak in the dead man's stolen truck, with the dead body in the back. They were arrested.
Her appeal (see link) included:
According to the state appellate court, here is what happened. Bachynski's first two victims were Scott Berels and his pregnant wife Melissa. Bachynski and her boyfriend, Patrick Selepak, an acquaintance of Melissa, came to the Berels' house. At some point, they locked the couple in their bathroom. Then Selepak choked Melissa until she was blue but still alive, all within earshot of her restrained husband. Bachynski “finish[ed] it,” pulling a belt around Melissa's neck until she was dead. People v. Bachynski, No. 281550, 2009 WL 723600, at *2 (Mich.Ct.App. Mar. 19, 2009). Bachynski took a break to smoke a cigarette, then returned to Scott. Selepak beat Scott “until there was blood everywhere,” and Bachynski “moved a knife across [his] neck” and injected him with bleach. Id. Bachynski put her foot on Scott's head and pulled a belt around his neck, killing Scott. Bachynski took another cigarette break. She and Selepak hid the bodies before stealing the couple's money and driving away in their car.
The next day, they befriended a stranger, Frederick Johnson, at a dance club, and they seduced him later that night and in the days that followed—at a hotel and eventually at Johnson's house. They also spent time with him eating and shopping in Frankenmuth, Michigan. They returned to the dance club with him and his son-in-law the next day. And they spent the next two days after that watching movies at Johnson's house. On the last night, they tortured and killed Johnson, apparently in order to steal his truck and other personal items. They loaded his dead body in the bed of Johnson's truck and stole the truck. Police eventually found Bachynski and Selepak in the dead man's stolen truck, with the dead body in the back. They were arrested.
You can write to Samantha Bachynski at:
Samantha Bachynski 625781
Huron Valley Complex
3201 Bemis Road
Huron Valley Complex
3201 Bemis Road
Ypsilanti, MI 48197-0911
At the end of the day, if you do not
learn SOMETHING from this, you never will.
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