The male Presa Canario, Bane, apparently inflicted the fatal bite on Whipple, while the female, Hera, tore at her clothing. However that was impossible. The dogs - named Bane and Hera - were being cared for by a married attorney couple who lived in the same building as the victim. Bane, the larger of the dogs, weighed 140 pounds (64kg). Noel said that his newly-adopted prison gang leader son serving multiple life sentences was a person who had character and integrity, and that hes got a family now., But this was just the beginning of the weirdness to come out about their relationship. [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. Boy, was that dog hung. Later, in the same article, a former prison guard recalled how much Noel was impressed by Banes genitals, Id get on the phone with Bob to ask him about a case. (Noel died in 2018, As Schneider sat in lock-up and looked back over the events of the dog-mauling case that centered on Bane the dog hed first imagined buying as he sat in his prison cell and flipped through the pages of, , and who he was able to afford due to his payout from successfully suing the prison system he had only this to say, For once, I try to do something good, and look what happens. A single mother, she and her daughter Daisy squeaked by with her disability check and what income they could pull out of a small farm where they raised lambs. She could see one dog on top of what she assumed was a woman. "Why jury called it murder. None of the bites resulted in serious injury. Whipple later moved to San Francisco, and came within seconds of qualifying for the U.S. 1996 Olympics team in track and field, for the 800 meters. 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. He sees Marjorie, rolls over on his back and, bam, . The inmate had carefully honed his jailhouse shiv to a razor-sharp edge and then secreted away the blade deep inside of himself. Whipple was attacked in the hallway of their Pacific Heights apartment building by at least one of the couple's two dogs, Bane and Hera. Among the lawyers for the prosecution was an ambitious up-and-comer named Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle. During the five-week trial, prosecutors argued that Knoller and Noel were responsible for Whipple's death because they knew their dogs, Bane and Hera, were vicious and dangerous. On 26 January 2001, two Presa Canarios, a dog and a bitch named Bane and Hera, attacked and mauled Diane Whipple in the hallway of her Paci Heights apartment in San Francisco, where she lived with her partner, Sharon Smith. The California Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal of that decision. 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 Supreme Court remanded the case to the trial court to reconsider whether to allow the second-degree murder conviction to stand in light of this new reasoning. Whipple lived in an apartment on Pacific Avenue with her longtime partner, Sharon Smith. 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. She was twice a member of the U.S. Women's Lacrosse World Cup team. 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.. 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. State appeals court overrules judge who reduced conviction. This site is currently under construction. He and a fellow inmate enjoyed the bounteous feast. When Coumbs transferred the dogs to Knoller and Noel she warned them about the dogs bloodlust. Prior to that, they were being kept by Janet Coumbs, a Mormon woman whod been talked into caring for the dogs for the incarcerated Schneider. It was also revealed during the trial that Knoller never thought to call 911. Knoller testified that she first saw Hera at Coumbs's place on March 31, 2000. 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. Whipple was born in Princeton, New Jersey. Whether they had actually trained the dogs to attack and fight remained unclear. 144), In 2000, Knoller and Noel "obtained their two Presa Canarios, named Bane and Hera, through their relationship with a pair of Pelican Bay State Prison inmates, Paul 'Cornfed' Schneider (whom they had legally adopted as their son), and Dale Bretches, both members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang. ), As Schneider sat in lock-up and looked back over the events of the dog-mauling case that centered on Bane the dog hed first imagined buying as he sat in his prison cell and flipped through the pages of Dog Fancy, and who he was able to afford due to his payout from successfully suing the prison system he had only this to say, For once, I try to do something good, and look what happens. Meanwhile, Noel was similarly found guilty and sentenced to three years for involuntary manslaughter. Bane, the dog that has killed a woman in San Francisco is anything except a Perro de Presa Canario. 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. Smith asked that he not be released to San Francisco, a request that was granted by the Department of Corrections. However, witnesses testified that Knoller and Noel had repeatedly refused to control the dogs; a professional dog walker testified that, after she told Noel to muzzle his dogs, he told her to "shut up" and called her offensive names. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. However, she did not compete at the 1996 Olympic Team Trials. (The name has a darkness all its own: In Old English, it means killer, slayer, murderer, worker of death; in early Germanic, it means wound; and in Old Norse, it means death or that which causes death.). 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. But, he concluded, "These animals, irrespective of training or anything, I felt were dangerous animals.". This time Birkmaier couldnt form coherent sentences and instead could only scream into the phone. The trial kicked off with photographs of Whipples grisly injuries, some so disturbing that her loved ones left the courtroom. Another neighbor who assumed someone was being raped also called 911. We were her creation.. Noel said Bane had his share of run-ins with other dogs one of which ended in Noel having his right index finger almost severed, wrote Suzanne Herel of the San Francisco Chronicle. Bane, she said, loved a kitten named "Chewy Chewbacca" and never menaced anyone. "I just had this feeling that maybe Ms. Knoller was not aware, that maybe she was a little naive about the dogs. [12] Whipple died hours later at San Francisco General Hospital from "loss of blood from multiple traumatic injuries (dog bite wounds)". [21], After Knoller's and Noel's convictions in 2002, the State Bar of California suspended their law licenses. And all he did was talk about how big Banes balls were., As far as the bestiality pictures mentioned in the police search warrant, Knoller denied them. He had a hard-on that big. He would be the top dog. Knoller saw the attack and did. Flamboyant trial lawyer Ruiz replaced by veteran Riordan. Superior Court Judge Lenard Louie on February 15 ruled that the prosecution could use five of the 11 disputed packets, and was to rule on the rest by February 21. San Francisco Animal Care and Control euthanized Bane. I have never written a letter like this I just felt so convinced that the potential was so great. The 33-year-old lacrosse coach was met in the hallway by her neighbor, a lawyer named Marjorie Knoller. Knoller likely to be freed from prison. Especially if Schneider gave her money for the food and medical care for the puppies. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Diane Alexis Whipple (January 31, 1967 January 26, 2001)[2] was an American lacrosse player and college coach. More searches were underway at other sites, said San Francisco prosecutor Terence Hallinan. Noel and. "Dogs are basically primordial pack animals," Martin said. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Law enforcement sources tell us that a search of Schneiders jail cell turned up a collection of X-rated photosfeaturing his new adopted mom, Knoller, Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross of the San Francisco Chronicle reported. . (Or, as one SFPD officer put it, The attorneys had to know these animals were vicious. That earned him a life sentence and a pair of tattoos, an A and B inked on his right hand. He has also reported extensively on theAugust 2012 fire that erupted at Chevron's refinery in Richmond. Once inside the courtroom, he, retrieved the soup ladle from his rectum and attacked a defense attorney, , Philip Cozens. There was nothing, However, in a letter to Schneider, Knoller did once brag that Bane was her . . Several of Whipples loved ones spoke out against Knollers release. It was his 77th birthday. At a February 13 hearing on whether Hera should eventually be euthanized or be returned to Knoller and Noel, mail carrier John Watanabe testified that an encounter with both Bane and Hera had him fearing for my life. Former Knoller and Noel neighbor David Moser testified that Hera bit him on the buttocks last summer. Yet despite his bloodlust, it wasnt Bane that ruined the set-up that Schneider had arranged with Coumbs. I flashed my breasts in some pictures. Hera was the couple's other dog, also a Presa Canario and also trained to protect Mexican meth labs. 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. The terrified senior called 911 to report that dogs were running wild in the apartment building. Coumbs lived with her teenage daughter in Hayfork, a small town in rural Northern California. (The name has a darkness all its own: In Old English, killer, slayer, murderer, worker of death; in early Germanic, it means wound; and in Old Norse, it means death or that which causes death.), Coumbs lived with her teenage daughter in. Knoller has said Hera had no part in the attack. [39] She donated some of the money to Saint Mary's College of California to fund the women's lacrosse team. [She] told me I wasnt doing my Christian duty by not going with her to the prison to help other inmates, is how Janet Coumbs recalls a friend first urging her to minister to prisoners like Schneider. Bane and Hera, who were eventually euthanized, were crossbred Presa Canarios. Bane and Hera's owner, Marjorie Knoller, was convicted of second degree murder (a landmark judgment at the time) and is currently serving a prison sentence of 15 years to life. Schneider, who was 38 at the time, romanced Coumbs with letters and plied her with sweet words during her missionary prison visits. But after the San Francisco Animal Control officers put down their children, the couple wanted to replace the lost dogs with a human child or, well, a full-grown adult. In 2015, Knoller was once again back before a judge. "These dogs reacted like they were on a hunting trip -- one reacts, they all will follow. Five days before her 34th birthday, Whipple returned from a grocery store run to her home at 2398 Pacific Ave. There was something strong and dark about this animal. Another neighbor claimed that birds would start flying crazily when Bane and Hera walked by.. 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. She was killed in a dog attack in San Francisco on January 26, 2001. "They had big mouths, big teeth.". I wanted to let Marjorie know. Presa Canarios are a different story. Three days after the attack, police and the public were astonished to learn that Noel and Knoller had officially adopted their imprisoned client, Schneider. True, she has been a fashion and lingerie model and hobnobs with the citys elite, being seen with Bill Getty and now Supervisor Gavin Newsom, the profile went on. After he was apprehended, tried, convicted and sentenced, Schneider was sent to New Folsom State Prison. As the trial of Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel got under way today, defense attorney Nedra Ruiz said in her opening statement that Knoller did her best to prevent bloodshed when at least one of her two dogs lunged at a neighbor, Diane Whipple. She was also covered in blood. 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.. Another neighbor who assumed someone was being raped also called 911. "Every piece of clothing was taken off of her by these dogs.". [30], Knoller then appealed the trial court's actions. Ruiz showed photos of Knoller covered in blood after the deadly attack. But Knoller and Noel werent done fighting the laws whether civil or natural. She helped us get so close. Dog walker Ron Bosia stated that Hera seized a poodle by the head, in front of Noel, and would not let go. The dogs black and tan tiger stripe coat and white teeth were painted with Whipples blood. 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Weeks after Bane killed Diane Whipple, Knoller and Noel decided they needed to add a new member to their family. Schneider insisted that the dogs not be socialized, she said. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. 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.". Although she couldnt see her underneath the dogs attacking her, Birkmaier could hear Whipple screaming, Help me! Schneider was scheduled to appear in court to testify in a trial. She rushed to her door and spied the scene through her peephole since she was scared of the dogs. It helps them. In 2015, Knoller was once again back before a judge hoping to appeal her conviction. Noel went to Fairfield, where he reportedly worked for a while as a baker. 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 him to check on the dog's health before taking custody of the animal. Noel died of heart failure on June 22, 2018, in a La Jolla nursing home. Yet despite his bloodlust, it wasnt Bane that ruined the set-up that Schneider had arranged with Coumbs. Eventually, the animal control officers collared the dog with two poles and dragged him outside the apartment building and put him down for good with 25cc of sodium pentobarbitol. He sees Marjorie, rolls over on his back and, bam, that big red arrow popped out. Alex de Laszlo was at a local coffee place when he crossed paths with the canine, I put my hand on Banes head. Bane had an eye for ladies. 148) Bane was male and Hera female; by January 2001, "Bane weighed 140 pounds and Hera close to 100 pounds. Robert Noel (L) and his wife Marjorie Knoller (R) wait to present their case in a vicious dog trial that will determine the fate of their dog Hera February 13, 2001 in San Francisco, CA. Whipple and Smith. But in the months that Bane was on her farm, he killed whatever animals he could including, like I mentioned, her beloved housecat. Whipple struck Marjorie [Knoller] in the face during the melee. The dogs involved were two Presa Canarios: a male named Bane and a female named Hera. Hes our kid, and we love him. She later added that as far as the porn she sent to Schneider, Its a tradition to write erotic letters to inmates. 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.. "[11], On January 26, 2001, while returning home with bags of groceries, Whipple was attacked by the two dogs in the hallway of her apartment building. [11], Just prior to the attack, Knoller was taking the dogs up to the roof;[8] Bane, and possibly Hera Hera's role in the mauling has never been firmly established attacked Whipple in the hallway. Whipple had moved in with companion Sharon Smith only one month earlier. Fifteen minutes later, though, Bane was clear-eyed and unaffected. Representing one Janet Coppini, founder of an organization called TLC that briefly held the city of Petaluma animal control contract in 1995, Noel in early 1996 alleged in a nine-count lawsuit that ANIMAL PEOPLE had libeled Coppini with a two-sentence summary of her removal from the Petaluma shelter by city police. [34] Noel lived in relative obscurity following his release from prison, working for a time as a baker in Fairfield, California. While detectives ran down leads, Noel and Knoller went on the offensive. He will allow prosecutors to present evidence of the couple's relationship with members of the white supremacist prison gang Aryan Brotherhood, but he barred them from describing the group's racist leanings. So, one day, he robbed them. But in the months that Bane was on her farm, he killed whatever animals he could including, like I mentioned, her beloved housecat. His sister describes their childhood home as a battleground between the two men, Our house was a prison, and our stepdad was the warden. Shes said that her stepfather sexually abused her and physically abused her brother. Your email address will not be published. If she had, this would have never happened.. The judge on the case, Superior Court Judge James Warren, agreed to exclude testimony about allegations of sexual conduct between Knoller and Noel and their dogs. After Coumbs fell out of favor with Schneider,[10] attorneys Noel and Knoller agreed to take possession of the dogs. Shed lost most of her blood. Schneider was first locked-up in 1985. Inside the hour, that dog was at the vet with a needle in his arm, Noel said.. Police previously seized from Knoller and Noel three handguns, a shotgun, a computer, and 11 packets of letters, magazines, and photographs. 2nd-Degree Murder, Manslaughter Among Charges Husband, Wife Face. The adoption became official on January 29. Schneider planned to breed and train Presa Canarios to work as ferocious guard dogs for the Mexican Mafias meth labs. Aint that buzzard luck.. Paul has an inner life he shares with us, she told, . The lawyers, however, didnt listen. For years I was in shock. Please e-mail. As, , just after she called 911 for the second time, The barking stopped, the growling stopped and then there was silence., Eventually, the animal control officers collared the dog with two poles and dragged him outside the apartment building and put him down for good with 25cc of. Follow. 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. They sent a 19-page letter to San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinanaccusing Whipple of bringing death on herself. Shes now in the witness protection program instead. Help me!, The terrified senior called 911 to report that dogs were running wild in the apartment building. Things can happen to your home, Coumbs says he warned her. He was originally sentenced for armed robbery. Whipple could take care of herself in most situations, but those dogs were different. 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. began with a shit-stained soup ladle that was hidden in the ass of an incarcerated white supremacist named, . That is, they adopted their violent, white supremacist client, Cornfed Schneider. Much like an engine without oil, her heart seized-up and stopped functioning. After a grand jury indicted them both, San Francisco police found them at a farm in Tehama County and arrested them. Hes our kid, and we love him. She later added that as far as the porn she sent to Schneider, Its a tradition to write erotic letters to inmates. The Presa Canario a/k/a Perro de Presa Canario is a very powerful dog breed.The name means "Canary Dog." But. As police investigators combed the grisly crime scene, they heard story after story from fearful neighbors. Police said the attack was seen through a peephole by a 76-year-old neighbor. Other neighbors with dogs rearranged schedules to avoid running into Bane and Hera, who were known to lunge at people and pets; they were so strong, neither Noel nor Knoller could fully control them. Both are serving life sentencesBretches for murder, Schneider for multiple Prosecutors say the husband-and-wife lawyers were in league with two inmates of Pelican Bay State Prison in a scheme to breed aggressive Presa Canarios. In his later trial for that attack, Schneider opted to plead guilty. [11][27], On June 1, 2007, the California Supreme Court rejected the Court of Appeal's decision and ruled that implied malice murder required proof that a defendant acted with "conscious disregard" of the danger to human life. Bane had an eye for ladies. Knoller, 46, and her husband Noel, 60, both lawyers, face charges of involuntary manslaughter and keeping a vicious dog. ", "He had that kind of attitude. Animal control officer Vicky Guldbach read aloud a letter from veterinarian Donald B. Martin to Knoller and Noel, warning them that Bane and Hera would be a liability in any household.Noel had trouble with at least one other dog, reported Herela greyhound he once owned who nipped at some children. When San Francisco police talked to an associate who previously cared for Bane and Hera in rural Northern California, she admitted shed given them to Noel and Knoller because the dogs kept attacking her sheep, chickens and pet cat. The dogs, including Bane and another animal that wound up with Noel and Knoller, Hera, were in fine physical condition, Martin said, and more than a little intimidating. Paul has an inner life he shares with us, she told Rolling Stone. "Judge Sentences S.F. Against Kolber's advice, Coumbs chained the dogs in a remote corner of the farm, which caused them to become even more aggressive. 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