She is not eligible for parole again until 2026. Knoller, who was with the dogs when they attacked Whipple, is also accused of second-degree murder. Bob might have sent one of these to Paul. Especially if Schneider gave her money for the food and medical care for the puppies. The judge told Smith she didnt have to answer, and Smith did not. For years I was in shock. Paul has an inner life he shares with us, she told, . According to Knoller, Whipple stared at the two dogs with disgust as Knoller struggled to hold the massive dogs back. This time Birkmaier couldnt form coherent sentences and instead could only scream into the phone. He has reported on the O.J. Noel and Knoller said they got the dogs from one of the gang members, a Pelican Bay State Prison inmate named Paul "Cornfed" Schneider, whom they had represented and legally adopted as their son. There, in the hallway outside her apartment, she was attacked by a massive Presa. Six were placed in other homes. On the other hand, she added, "We had a house for Bane -- he ate it, he tore it apart.". She was awarded $1.5 million in damages, some of which she put toward a scholarship foundation in Whipples name. San Francisco District Attorney Terence KO Hallinan assigned Assistant D.A. [32][33][34], On February 7, 2019, California commissioners denied Knoller's first application for parole. Police said the attack was seen through a peephole by a 76-year-old neighbor. Next, the prosecution brought forward witness after witness to testify that it was well known to the owners that Bane and Hera were dangerous. The Presa Canario a/k/a Perro de Presa Canario is a very powerful dog breed.The name means "Canary Dog." But. Still, the judge stunned legal observers when, Knoller was found guilty of second-degree murder, for what authorities referred to as the first death-by-dog in the history of San Francisco. Schneider was eventually transferred to the maximum security facility, Pelican Bay State Prison. The breed was near extinction by the 1950s and was brought back when it was mixed with mastiffs and others. Robert Noel, who was not present during the attack, was convicted of manslaughter. Presa Canarios were originally bred for fighting, guarding and some herding in Spain's Canary Islands. Schneider insisted that the dogs not be socialized, she said. It took the jury members just 11 hours to return their verdict: Noel and Knoller were guilty of all charges. ", "Marjorie Knoller tried to save that woman's life with her own body," Ruiz said. There simply wasnt enough blood in her body to keep her heart beating. She said that she told Knoller and Noel when they came to pick up the dogs that Hera and another dog named Fury "should never be taken off my property.". After dozens of witnesses and weeks of fraught testimony, the prosecution and defense rested. The massive dogs were Presa Canarios, a rare and. Kimberly Guilfoyle to prosecute Knoller and Noel. But she did admit that she sent nudes to her client and adopted son. Deep inside that home for the states worst offenders, he was locked-up in solitary confinement in a 11 x 7 foot cell for 22 hours a day. Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel had adopted Bane and Hera from a prison inmate who was training them as guard dogs. Until now they were almost unknown in the U.S., but were cited by National Animal Cruelty Investigation Schools program coordinator Michael Gilling-ham as a breed to look out for. He was originally sentenced for armed robbery. The California Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal of that decision. In the fall of that year, defendants brought a male Presa Canario named Bane to their home. It was Schneider himself. Bane and Hera, who were eventually euthanized, were crossbred Presa Canarios. Clients of Knoller and Noel in several lawsuits against the California Department of Corrections, Bretches and Schneider are alleged leaders of the white supremicist Aryan Brotherhood. Robert Noel, of killer-dog case fame, to get out of prison. Prosecutors are likely to use Martin's testimony about Hera to back up their assertion that both the defendants' dogs were involved in the mauling of Whipple. Ladies and gentlemen, this is it, the judge told the jury. When Coumbs transferred the dogs to Knoller and Noel she warned them about the dogs bloodlust. However that was impossible. It was by then clear to Hallinans office that criminal negligence was involved. ", Webby, Sean. After a grand jury indicted them both, San Francisco police found them at a farm in Tehama County and arrested them. I flashed my breasts in some pictures. Knoller, who faces manslaughter and second-degree murder charges, wept as her attorney told the jury that she "risked her life" in an attempt to save Whipple from the dog, a 150-pound male Presa . He wouldn't get into the cage with Hera to vaccinate her, Martin said, preferring to use the farm's owner, Janet Coumbs, to hold her against the fence. Knoller has said Hera had no part in the attack. [9][17][18][19], Although the jury found Knoller guilty of second degree murder, trial judge James Warren granted Knoller a new trial on the second-degree murder conviction; the judge believed the appropriate standard for implied malice murder required that Knoller knew taking the dog into the hall involved a high probability of death. She grew up and attended high school in Manhasset, New York, on Long Island. [10], Bane was euthanized immediately after the attack; Hera was seized and later euthanized in January 2002. Bane is a Perro de Presa Canario, also known as the Canary Mastiff, and possibly one of the most loyal dogs you'll ever meet. But he had one condition for his plea: He demanded he be rewarded with two pepperoni pizzas and a two-liter of Pepsi for not wasting the courts time. Posts. "Every piece of clothing was taken off of her by these dogs.". Shes also described the boy who would grow up to become Cornfed Schneider as very protective of me. She claims her brother stood up to our stepdad who used to beat the shit out of Paul.. Schneider had underworld connections and was using associates on the outside to handle the buying, rearing and selling of the dogs, the official said. A month before her death, Whipple came home with a harrowing tale: She told Smith the neighbors big dog Bane had snapped at her wrist. But Knoller and her husband Noel didnt care. Much like an engine without oil, her heart seized-up and stopped functioning. One of the Presa Canarios had slammed against it. At some point, Whipple accused Knoller of not controlling her dogs, and said, Your dog jumped on me.. Schneider and another Pelican Bay inmate had organized the training of Bane and Hera as part of a business venture, selling presa canarios as guardogs, probably to drug gangs. "[15], At trial, Knoller argued that she had attempted to defend Whipple during the attack. Claiming that the seizures violated attorney/client privilege, Noel called the raids just another example of the Gestapo kicking down the door of a Jewish home, and on February 13 said he would sue the California Department of Corrections for allegedly disclosing confidential information.. Knoller was also hurt. A homemade shiv fashioned from a prison soup ladle and smuggled into court rectally is maybe the most normal part of this seemingly impossible tale. The fatal mauling of Whipple, a lacrosse coach at St. Mary's College of California, has made headlines across the country since the attack. ", Knoller wrote back a couple of weeks later, saying, "I will pass the information on to my client. Feb. 19, 2002 -- Prosecutors today portrayed the owners of the dogs who mauled a San Francisco woman to death last year as dog breeders who ignored their animals' deadly potential while the defense told jurors that one defendant risked her life trying to save the victim from her pets. Schneider and another member of the Aryan Brotherhood, who are both serving life without parole, were allegedly trying to operate a business from behind bars, raising attack dogs for illegal drug labs. Defendant's knowledge of breed characteristic of the Presa canario dog. The lawyers, however, didnt listen. Bane and Hera, the two Presa Canarios that killed Whipple, remained in custody of Marjorie Knoller, and her husband and fellow attorney Robert Noel, in their apartment right across the hall from Whipple, despite at least 30 complaints about their behavior. He won and received $11,666.66 the money he used to buy Bane. But in the months that Bane was on her farm, he killed whatever animals he could including, like I mentioned, her beloved housecat. We apologize for any temporary inconvenience. The Presa Canarios, Bane and Hera, were a coveted breed of enormous fighting dogs originally developed in the Canary Islands. They speculated she may have been using steroids or wearing a perfume that triggered Banes attack instincts when their paths crossed in the hallway. The letters refer to two apparent attacks by Bane -- the Presa Canario blamed largely for Whipple's death -- on a blind woman and her guide dog between June and January. Per the, , While seeking evidence in the mauling, police found risqu photos of Knoller in Schneiders cell. No one could figure out why theyd adopted an adult inmate, and when Chronicle columnists Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross asked Noel, he flippantly responded, You dont have to change diapers, or worry about the sheriff bringing him home at 14 for underage drinking. The dogs black and tan tiger stripe coat and white teeth were painted with Whipples blood. It helps them. ", He admitted under cross-examination that the dogs were in the state they were because of the way they were being handled by Coumbs, who had them chained up. Whipples blood was splattered on the walls of the hallway; it soaked into the carpet in pools. It had been seven years since Whipples death. Flamboyant trial lawyer Ruiz replaced by veteran Riordan. Her sentence was 15 years to life in prison. I wasn't a BeyHive member. "Her trachea was crushed and pierced by the dogs' teeth," he said. Follow. Her apartment was on the sixth floor. "California Supreme Court Sends Murder Conviction in S.F. But a judge sided with Smith. On Feb. 15, Knoller came before the Board of Parole Hearings. The chaotic and tearful trial catapulted Guilfoyle to national fame, as news broadcasts carried nightly coverage of the days proceedings. But in the months that Bane was on her farm, he killed whatever animals he could including, like I mentioned, her beloved housecat. [5], Marjorie Fran Knoller (born June 20, 1955) and Robert Edward Noel (June 22, 1941 June 22, 2018)[6] were attorneys married to each other. San Francisco police lieutenant Henry Hunter told reporters on February 16 that the police intend to recommend that felony charges as serious as involuntary manslaughter be brought against Knoller, who is an attorney, and her husband and law partner, Robert Noel, 59. ", In a pack, Martin said, Bane "would be the king, no question. Bad Company: How did two otherwise unremarkable lawyers end up enmeshed in one of the most bizarre and brutal killings San Francisco has seen in recent years? Grand Jury About Efforts to Save Diane Whipple. Meanwhile, emergency responders rushed Whipple to the hospital, where she later died from a heart seizure. Noel faces a maximum of four years in prison if he is found guilty. The two animals, 120-pound Bane and 113-pound Hera, attacked and killed the couple's neighbor Diane Whipple on Jan. 26 in a hallway outside her apartment. 2nd-Degree Murder, Manslaughter Among Charges Husband, Wife Face. They were caregivers to the dogs that killed Whipple in San Francisco on January 26, 2001. He had a hard-on that big. "Could we not do that, your honor?" Schneider, who was 38 at the time, romanced Coumbs with letters and plied her with sweet words during her missionary prison visits. At the time of her death, Whipple lived in San Francisco's Pacific Heights with her domestic partner of six years, Sharon Smith. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. In the meantime, Schneider sued the corrections system for all those X-rays meant to prevent another soup ladle shiv stabbing. ': A magical hike's dark side. But, he concluded, "These animals, irrespective of training or anything, I felt were dangerous animals.". At that trial, Sharon Smith, who was Diane Whipples partner, said that she felt justice had finally been granted. Against Kolber's advice, Coumbs chained the dogs in a remote corner of the farm, which caused them to become even more aggressive. Much of my life became unrecognizable.. ", Martin's letter warned that these dogs would be a "liability in any household. State's top court OKs dog maul murder charge. Noel claimed the other dog started the fight, Herel wrote, and said he did not know which dog injured him. 1975 The FCI has recognized the Breed Breeder and researcher of Presa Canario. The parole board determined Knoller remains a threat to society and will remain incarcerated. The two member panel cited her prison record and stated she would be a danger to society if released. ", Prosecutor: Victim Was Bitten From Head to Toe. Presa Canarios are banned in Australia and New Zealand. But Coumbs turned the two dogs over to his lawyers after Bane and Hera ate all of her sheep, all of her chickens and her housecat. She had researched Presa Canario dogs before Hera and Bane came to their home. None of the bites resulted in serious injury. Not to mention, one of the prosecutors on it was. Kelly S. Jaime on January 16, 2001 died just inside the door of her apartment in Saginaw, Mich-igan, after an attack by two Presa Canarios allegedly owned by relatives who lived downstairs. He said he would show at least 30 instances in which Bane and Hera attacked other people, including an incident in which one dog severed Noel's finger. "You know what they called it? [3] The dogs were looked after by Schneider's attorneys, Robert Noel and Marjorie Knoller, a husband and wife who lived in the same apartment building as Diane Whipple. Officials from the Department of Corrections said they believed Noel and Knoller were serving as intermediaries in Schneiders illicit prison business: selling dogs to criminal buyers. Defendants knew of the dangerous nature of Bane and Hera Noel or Knoller were in presence of Bane or Hera during their displays of aggression. Bane and Hera, the couple's two presa Canario dogs, each weighing more than 100 pounds, attacked the 33-year-old lacrosse coach outside of her doorway on Jan. 26, 2001. Bane, the larger of the dogs, weighed 140 pounds (64kg). [12] Whipple died hours later at San Francisco General Hospital from "loss of blood from multiple traumatic injuries (dog bite wounds)". Currently you have JavaScript disabled. "Why jury called it murder. . Whipple lived in an apartment on Pacific Avenue with her longtime partner, Sharon Smith. Freezing temps that fall into the 20s may soon hit parts of Bay Area, 'Lady in the fridge' murder victim identified as Bay Area mother of 3, Snow shuts down over 70 miles of I-80;Donner Summit 'dangerous', Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). Two of the Presa Canarios -- a cattle-herding and guardian breed of mastiff from the Canary Islands -- that were raised for the Pelican Bay inmates on a farm in Trinity. He also showed them pictures of Whipple's injuries. Noel and. Knoller had just walked the two Presa Canario dogs, 140-pound Bane and 100-pound Hera, and was in the process of leading them unmuzzled back into her sixth floor apartment when Bane broke free of his leash and attacked Whipple. Fifteen minutes later, though, Bane was clear-eyed and unaffected. He has also reported extensively on theAugust 2012 fire that erupted at Chevron's refinery in Richmond. Knoller's two dogs, named Bane and Hera, attacked Whipple in the hallway of her San Francisco apartment building while returning home with bags of groceries. [7], After attending Brooklyn College,[8] Knoller received her J.D. She was relentless in her prosecution of Knoller and Noel, and along the way, she made her debut on the national stage. Adding some dogs to the mix didnt seem like such a large ask. Required fields are marked *. But instead, Bane wound up being cared for by Schneiders married lawyers and kept in their tony San Francisco Pacific Heights apartment, where, one day, the hellhound mauled and killed his lawyers neighbor. Nedra Ruiz, Knoller's attorney, who in her opening statement Tuesday got down on all fours to portray how her client had tried to stop the mauling, continued her unorthodox approach yesterday. Videos Tagged. Three years later, in 1990, when Schneider was brought to court to testify as a witness in another inmates case, is when he. not present on January 26, 2001, when Knoller took two Presa Canario dogs named Hera and Bane to relieve themselves on the roof of the building. Eventually Bane dragged Knoller over to Whipple and her open apartment door. As Birkmaier recalled to Rolling Stone, just after she called 911 for the second time, The barking stopped, the growling stopped and then there was silence.. Id rather not go through it, but if we have to go through it, Im confident well be vindicated and we will make them sorry they ever went down that path.. "They even gave this operation, this kennel, a name," Hammer told the jury. Bane, she said, loved a kitten named "Chewy Chewbacca" and never menaced anyone. Do you consider that if you had made a complaint that Diane Whipple might be alive today?Ruiz asked, prompting audible gasps from the gallery. Knoller, 46, and her husband Noel, 60, both lawyers, face charges of involuntary manslaughter and keeping a vicious dog. Ruiz tried to counter the prosecution's arguments by getting on the floor and re-enacting the attack from the defense's point of view. .) [39] She donated some of the money to Saint Mary's College of California to fund the women's lacrosse team. Show More Posts from . Katie Dowd is the SFGATE managing editor. The dog-mauling murder of Diane Whipple began with a shit-stained soup ladle that was hidden in the ass of an incarcerated white supremacist named Cornfed Schneider. Were not talking Lassie here.) They brought charges of manslaughter against Noel, who wasnt present at the time of attack, and second-degree murder against Knoller. The bathroom floor was covered in dog shit. Along with lead prosecutor James Hammer, Guilfoyle showed in court that Knoller and Noel were criminally responsible for their dogs behavior, recounting how the dogs, in their few short months with Knoller and Noel, had attacked 30 people in all. Whether they had actually trained the dogs to attack and fight remained unclear. Hes special. Paul has an inner life he shares with us, she told Rolling Stone. said he wrote to Knoller in March 2000 after the second of two vaccination and checkup visits he paid to a farm in Hayfork (Trinity County) where Bane and seven other Presa Canarios were being raised. [9], Whipple's memorial service at St. Mary's College, held on Thursday, February 1, 2001, was attended by more than 400 people. Meanwhile, Noel was similarly found guilty and sentenced to three years for involuntary manslaughter. Inside the hour, that dog was at the vet with a needle in his arm, Noel said.. Proceedings were moved to Los Angeles. San Francisco police suspected [the dogs] were going to the Mexican Mafia, going to protect their drug operations, one corrections official told the press. The couple, prosecutors argued, could have foreseen and prevented the fatal attack. At one point, Ruiz approached Coumbs and asked about how high Bane stood on hind legs. Police will not discuss other evidence, but their search warrant said they were after material describing sexual acts by Noel or Knoller that involved dogs., While he was locked-up awaiting trial (Knoller and Noel were both charged with manslaughter and keeping a mischievous animal, with another charge of second-degree murder for Knoller), Noel told a reporter from Rolling Stone all about how impressed he was with the hellhounds enormous dick, Bane was confident, proud, handsome. Police will not discuss other evidence, but their search warrant said they were after material describing sexual acts by Noel or Knoller that involved dogs., While he was locked-up awaiting trial (Knoller and Noel were both charged with manslaughter and keeping a mischievous animal, with another charge of second-degree murder for Knoller), Noel told a reporter from, impressed he was with the hellhounds enormous dick. She didn't change her opinion even after Bane and another dog broke down the door of her home one day in 1999, urinated to mark his territory and ate four pairs of her shoes. When Whipples partner Smith took the stand, still reeling with shock, Ruiz grilled her on her knowledge of the dogs behavior. Aint that buzzard luck., Tickle Me Kaczynski: How the Inventor of the Ultimate Elmo Toy Became a Unabomber Suspect, The Unexpectedly Sweet Story Behind Those Viral Semi-Truck Pregnancy Photos, I Wore Magnetic Underwear for a Week to See If It Would Give Me a Boner of Steel. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Freezing temps that fall into the 20s may soon hit parts of Bay Area, 'Lady in the fridge' murder victim identified as Bay Area mother of 3, Snow shuts down over 70 miles of I-80;Donner Summit 'dangerous'. Dr. Donald Martin said he was so alarmed after examining the dog, a Presa Canario named Bane, that he fired off a warning letter to the woman who had hired. January 26, 2001, was a Wednesday. Judge ordered to reconsider owner's original conviction. He was originally sentenced for armed robbery. Yet despite his bloodlust, it wasnt Bane that ruined the set-up that Schneider had arranged with Coumbs. Especially if Schneider gave her money for the food and medical care for the puppies. Schneider was scheduled to appear in court to testify in a trial. The two women argued about the dogs behavior. (Or, as one SFPD officer put it, The attorneys had to know these animals were vicious. don't let the dainty name fool you. By the time police arrived, there was little that could be done for her; the dogs powerful jaws had punctured her trachea and left almost 80 bite marks on her body. That scored him a second life sentence. Deep inside that home for the states worst offenders, he was locked-up in solitary confinement in a 11 x 7 foot cell for 22 hours a day. Negligence, deception cited in mauling trial", "Dog Victim's Passion for Games, Life Recalled Funeral: Diane Whipple's friends and family remember her as a coach and competitor". If she had, this would have never happened.. In 2015, Knoller was once again back before a judge hoping to appeal her conviction. , who now spends her time on TV defending white supremacists like her boyfriends father, President Trump. He helped former Washington Post reporter Lou Cannon on "Official Negligence," a book about the LAPD, the King case and the riots. The state appealed the judge's action and sought to reinstate the second degree murder conviction. According to the, The bloodbath in the hallway was so horrific that police officers at the scene had to receive trauma counseling., After he was apprehended, tried, convicted and sentenced, Schneider was sent to. Fuck you!. This site is currently under construction. They were Presa Canarios, a brindled Spanish mastiff mostly bred as guard or attack dogs. Knoller and Noel had only had the dogs for three months. (Her sentence was later reduced to four years.) But then, he went back on his word and sued the corrections system for excessively X-raying him following his courtroom magic trick with the disappearing shiv. 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