Episode 39 - Stephanie Kilhefner and Za’Zell Preston: Abusers Don’t Take Holidays

Because it’s that time of year again, in this episode, we’re covering two cases that happened on Christmas Eve:On December 24, 2014, Dustin Lee Klopp and Stephanie Kilhefner Klopp’s two children would be made orphans, just not all at once. Having driven them to his parents’ house for the usual festivities the following day, Dustin called the police to confess to his wife’s murder and turned himself in. Years after making it, he had finally followed through on his threat to kill her.  Exactly three years earlier, William Wallace would abuse his wife, Za’Zell Preston, for the last time. Unwilling to leave the apartment they shared with her two daughters and their newborn son after murdering her, he slept in the bed next to her lifeless body and then propped her on the couch the next morning while her daughters opened gifts. Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/police-wife-killed-with-knife-ax-christmas-eve-in-pa/ https://www.ksl.com/article/33659964/coroner-man-in-wifes-christmas-eve-ax-slaying-killed-selfExtensive reporting from LancasterOnline, including: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/accused-killer-dead-after-hanging-at-prison-hospital-removes-life-support/article_8ddb2d5e-bebb-11e4-b373-4fb1e72984b9.htmlhttps://www.wgal.com/article/lancaster-county-man-faces-new-charges-in-wife-s-christmas-eve-death/6235737https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dustin-lee-klopp_n_6391524https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/12/23/abuse-domestic-violence-increase-holidays-christmas/77065942007/ https://www.cawc.org/news/why-domestic-violence-increases-during-the-holiday-season/ https://womenagainstcrime.com/domestic-violence-and-the-holidays-what-you-should-know/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/disturbing-data-shows-how-often-domestic-violence-turns-deadly https://www.modernfamilylaw.com/resources/restraining-order-vs-protective-order/ https://stoprelationshipabuse.org/educated/barriers-to-leaving-an-abusive-relationship/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/invisible-chains/202208/7-common-post-separation-abuse-tactics https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/08/04/why-jails-have-more-suicides-than-prisons https://bjs.ojp.gov/media/65216/download https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5816720/ https://www.wildefuneralhome.com/obituaries/stephanie-j-kilhefner-klopp https://www.gofundme.com/f/jcwmxw https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/08/anaheim-man-propped-dead-wife-on-couch-for-kids-opening-christmas-presents-prosecutor-says/amp/https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/08/father-who-killed-wife-and-propped-body-on-sofa-with-kids-convicted-of-murder-14375904/https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/killer-wife-christmas-california-b1814794.htmlhttps://people.com/crime/man-convicted-murder-after-killing-wife-having-kids-open-christmas-gifts-in-front-body/https://allthatsinteresting.com/za-zell-prestonhttps://www.businessinsider.com/anaheim-man-propped-up-wifes-dead-body-christmas-convicted-murder-2021-4https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119037191/za%27zell-dominique-prestonhttps://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/2021/06/04/man-gets-15-to-life-for-beating-wife-to-death-on-christmas-day-2011-in-anaheimhttps://www.oddmurdersandmysteries.com/the-murder-of-zazell-preston/https://www.ocregister.com/2013/09/03/mickadeit-justice-moves-slowly-in-zazells-death/#:~:text=A%20grand%20jury%20indicted%20Wallace,to%20refile%20and%20start%20over.https://ciris.mt.cdcr.ca.gov/details?cdcrNumber=BP2708https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/bph/parole-suitability-hearings-overview/events-before-a-parole-suitability-hearing/ https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/HDSP/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539741/https://www.lifewire.org/community-advocacy/dv-by-the-numbers/#:~:text=Black%20women%20experience%20domestic%20violence,women%20have%20experienced%20domestic%20violence.https://www.latintimes.com/man-kills-wife-then-props-her-body-couch-children-see-470121