In 2017, Netflix released an original documentary called The Keepers which reignited interest in the unsolved murders of Sister Cathy Cesnik and Joyce Malecki in 1969. Later in 1994, authorities exhumed boxes Maskell had buried in a Baltimore cemetery and found one to contain child pornography. It's just a theory one that makes sense, but also one that the police actually can't prove. The series also renewed the investigations into the murders of two women, Sister Cathy Cesnik and Joyce Malecki. And I can hear Cathy saying 'I told you I'd take care of this' and I said, I didn't think you meant 20 years later. Except for that day, she said. Prior to the funeral, the city of Frederick put purple ribbons [Shan'ann's favorite color] all over the city. Catherine Anne Cesnik SSND (born November 17, 1942; disappeared November 7, 1969) was an American Catholic religious sister who taught English and drama at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland. Netflix's latest true-crime documentary The Keepers is a hit and everyone who has watched the series has only one question: who killed Sister Cathy Cesnik? But that argument didn't fly in the 90s. Police have also looked into whether Cesniks death is related to the deaths of three other young women in the Baltimore area around the same time. LA Sheriff's Deputies are investigating who in the department may have leaked graphic Kobe Bryant helicopter crash photos, some reportedly showing remains of the victims. Detectives investigating her death believe she may have encountered her murderer outside her apartment since her car was found parked in the complex the day after her disappearance. On January 3, 1970, the body of Catherine Cesnik was found by two hunters. Around 7:30pm on . For us, our bar was more about bringing these womens experiences to light and starting this conversation.. Theres no question she told them she would do something about it.. Her unsolved murder served as the basis for the Netflix documentary series The Keepers in 2017. More than 40 years after her death, the case of Sister Cathy Cesnik's murder is still unsolved. ', 'Before I knew it, there was a big man on top of me and then I thought that would be it and another policeman came in and I could hear Maskell in the distance talking and laughing. Sister Cesnik had been reported as a missing person on November 7, 1969, from her residence at the Carriage House Apartments in Baltimore City, 21229. ', One former student, Teresa Lancaster, told WJZ-TV in Baltimore, that Sister Cathy had 'confronted' Maskell 'and she lost her life for it.'. Details. Those who knew her at the time said that she wouldn't allow any conversation about Cesnik's death, saying that was her life before, and that she now had a new life. The call led Hoskins and Keough graduate, Abbie Schaub, to start their own research into Sister Cathy's murder. I think this is it, Hoskins said, in a recent interview. Does he ever reveal them? See more ideas about catherine, documentaries, unsolved murders. ", court of Appeals of Maryland, No. Former students of the Catholic school have maintained that the priest was somehow involved in Sister Cathy's murder. ', The comments below have not been moderated, By Nearly 10 years ago the filmmakers started to meet with her; this was long before Netflix got involved. As police proceeded with their investigation, Father Maskell who was said to have taken a female student to the site where she claimed she saw Sister Cathy's lifeless body came under suspicion. Father A. Joseph Maskell was a person of interest for a reason, it seemed. . They have internal records on everyone including A. Joseph Maskell. [5] On November 7, 1969, she left the apartment she shared with Helen Russell Phillips at the Carriage House Apartments, at 131 North Bend Road in Catonsville, en route to the Edmondson Village Shopping Center to purchase a gift for her sister's engagement at Hecht's jewelry store. There might have been more going on here than just bad luck. So-called Grandma Nancy Drew Gemma Hoskins has spent years asking for the federal case files on Joyce Maleckis murder. Granted, there was the argument that this was, technically, still within three years Jean Wehner and Teresa Lancaster had just recovered those memories. One of the most frustrating aspects of being a true crime fan is dealing with endless cover-ups from authorities and government entities, like police and the FBI. The Baltimore Sun is republishing archived coverage of the unsolved 1969 murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik, which is the subject of a Netflix documentary series set to debut May 19. 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It was apparently a fixation for Maskell, who would then perform his own mock "exams" on the girls, flaunting his authority and power. One of them, Jean Wehner, was the student who claimed Maskell had taken her to view Cesnik's body in the dump. When she didnt come home, her roommate reported her missing the next day. By 1994, they and several other students had filed a lawsuit alleging physical and sexual abuse by Maskell through the 1960s and 1970s, according to Armacost. Investigators didn't really buy that, thinking that he knew more than he let on, but the church forced them to stop searching. Youtube. Hoskins and Schaub looked into each of those tips, and the tips have kept coming in for the past five years. Detectives revealed on Wednesday that after weeks of testing, Maskell's DNA did not match evidence found from the murder scene nearly 50 years ago. This photo was not uploaded . This family evidence of anger problems, assaults on others, using a position of power over others to avoid punishment, and the assault on a young woman much like Sister Cathy all point towards a potential pre-existing rage in A. Joseph Maskell that nobody has ever explored. White is unconvinced that the DNA found at the scene on a cigarette butt would match A. Joseph Maskells DNA, but he remains positive that, eventually, someone will catch whoever murdered Sister Cathy and theyll finally figure out why. Catherine (Cathy) Cesnik was a Catholic sister and taught English and drama at Archbishop Keough (later renamed Seton Keough), an all-girls Catholic high school in Baltimore. Not every story that Ryan White heard gets told in The Keepers. I think it's pretty undeniable by the end of The Keepers that they are, and Jean is the nexus of that, White said. An undated photo of Sister Cathy Cesnik, whose body was found at a dumping area Jan . Wehner, who reported her allegations about Maskell to the Baltimore Archdiocese in 1992, claimed that the only nun at the school who sought to help the abused girls was Sister Cathy. However, this is a small step towards justice. According to Armacost, in 1994 one of the students who claimed abuse by Maskell when she was in high school said that he took her to a remote dumping area and showed her Cesniks decaying body as a warning of what would happen if she told anyone about him. Though the documentary includes much of the story, director Ryan White doesnt include every piece of evidence, and some of the most crucial information gets left out. In 1994, two women identified only as 'Jane Doe' and 'Jane Roe' alleged that Maskell had raped them when they were students at Sister Cathy's school. . Every bit of it, vividly. So it probably wasn't the result of some random act of violence. She was the eldest child of Joseph and Anna Omulac Cesnik. The women have since been more vocal about the abuses they suffered at Joseph Maskell's hands, and all the stories are universally awful (via Huffpost). However, the material was never entered into evidence. They did stuff. > Licensing inquiries: Email tim.thomas@baltsun.com. A few more branches were caught on the radio antenna, while another twig was found stuck to the turn signal lever on the steering wheel, a piece of yellow thread caught onto it. Sister Cathy was a teacher at Archbishop Keough High School and went missing in Baltimore in 1969. [2] Her paternal grandparents, John (Jan) and Johanna Tomec esnik, were Slovenians who emigrated from Yugoslavia,[3] while her maternal grandfather, Joseph Omulac, came from Yugoslavia and maternal grandmother, Martha Hudok, came from Austria. In spite of the Freedom of Information Act, the federal government has continuously neglected to provide Gemma Hoskins with this information. In 2004, a retired Baltimore homicide detective told the Baltimore City Paper that the church lawyers had 'stepped in and they talked to the higher-ups at the police department. 9:08 PM EDT, Tue May 9, 2017, Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik; Rev. They already knew the murderer, but looking further would unearth information he wasn't supposed to know. ", Up Next: Netflix Hidden Gems For Sci-Fi And Fantasy Lovers. One of Baltimores most infamous cold cases, Cesniks death is the subject of a new documentary series, The Keepers, which releases May 19 on Netflix. Even after Cesnik left her job at Keough and took a position at Western, she still gave the girls a safe space to talk. The first clue in the disappearance was found pretty early her car ended up giving some insight into what happened but mostly brought more confusion. She'd spin stories and excuses, telling Maskell that they were studying or otherwise occupied by something that they couldn't get away from. Netflix's documentary series "The Keepers" dives into the case and uncovers a web of abuse that may . But that lead didn't go anywhere. [4] Cesnik had three siblings. By 1994, over a dozen allegations had been filed against Maskell by different women, some of whom had been abused, and others who had managed to fend off Maskell's advances. Ryan White says hes seen a lot of people doubt whether the story is true at all, and insists that Koob is absolutely certain this happened, while the police are absolutely certain it did not. "Buried in Baltimore: The Mysterious Murder of a Nun Who Knew Too Much", "Justice for Sister Cathy is Long Overdue", "With New Lead, Police Reopen Old Murder Case", "Timeline: The Sister Catherine Cesnik Case", "Sister Catherine Cesnik Case: Missing Nun's Body Found in Lansdowne", "Baltimore Priest Victim: Police Were in on Sexual Abuse", "Jane Doe et al. murders for possible connections to Sister Cathy. So the case couldn't go forward. I agree. Sister Cathy Cesnik was reported missing after she failed to return home from a shopping trip in November 1969. The next time the young nun was seen, it was by a female student from Cesnik's school, Archbishop Keough High School. Feb 7, 2019 - Justice for Sister Cathy . The Baltimore Sun reported in late 2016 that since 2011 the archdiocese has paid out settlements to Maskell's alleged victims. Malecki's body was even found near Fort Meade, where Maskell was a military chaplain. The youngest I've talked to myself was three, Hoskins said. But the autopsy results, which were not . It's hard to say what's true. The Catholic Church seems to know how to clean up its messes in general, withThe Guardian uncovering a much wider scandal in Boston (which led to worldwide concerns). But I can whole-heartedly say, Cathy has been very much a part of all this.. - May 30, 2017 05:42 pm EDT. Rather, people actually trusted him a lot, reportsHuffpost. (just outside Baltimore), covered in snow and partially hidden by a nearby embankment. Copyright 2023 PopCulture.com. Catherine Cesnik was born in 1942, she was a devoted catholic nun who taught drama and English at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland. I'm not going to name names right now but they know stuff. Potential suspects seem like they should shed some light on a case, but that wasn't the case here, as Huffpost documents. Father Neil Magnus Is A Possible Suspect On 'The Keepers'. Western's principal noted that she was an especially "fine teacher," while others pointed out that she was known for her compassion. Unfortunately, Russell is . She had moved to an apartment outside the convent with another nun and began teaching at Western High School in Baltimore on November 7, 1969, when she left her apartment to run an errand at Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Baltimore, according to Armacost. In general, he exploited 1960s counterculture, offering a relaxed environment and a willing ear regarding sex, drugs, alcohol, and the like all things that the students' strictly religious parents detested. Nearly 20 years ago, Nugent had been calling many former students from the now-closed Archbishop Keough High School, for a story on Sister Cesnik, who was murdered in 1969. The words scared Wehner into silence for decades. Stories shared by Capital Gazette showed that Cesnik was thought of fondly by all the people she'd worked with, despite being a teacher at Western High School for only a couple months. (Aside from reports that Maskell invited uniformed officers to assault the girls). [7] She cashed a paycheck at First National Bank in Catonsville that night. 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