Saw this one last night and found this...

http://www.kokomotribune.com/opinion/local_story_341163508.html

What an interesting development to this case. I'm glad Ms. Wismiller turned herself in. I really hope Dateline (or even 48 Hours Mystery) does a segment on this case. It would be interesting to know if she had help in planning the robbery and how she has spent the last six years.

Update - Howard County - A judge sentenced a Howard County woman to three years in jail for stealing more than $200,000 from ATMs and then vanishing.

Under the sentence, Cindy Wismiller will only serve two years in jail. Surveillance video caught her stealing cash from the machines in November of 2000. She was working for an armored car service at the time.

Wismiller disappeared for years, living in Florida. Then she surrendered to authorities. She pleaded guilty to three felony theft charges.

She is currently being held at the Howard County jail.

Huh. I wonder if she ran out of cash.... *drumroll* :p

(Sorry for the off the wall sense of humor lately... The Bar is making me so crazy that I actively seek to make things funny now...)

It's weird, I know this case was on Unsolved.com and when I look it up on Google I can even find the page:

http://www.unsolved.com/0153-Wismiller.html

But if you go on the site now it's not there on the main page listings...this also happened with the Jason McVean, which isn't listed but is there:

http://www.unsolved.com/1102-mcvean.html

Am I just blind while I scan these lists, or is there an active thing with that site still? I went on and I know I've read every single one of those, but I opened one that I didn't recognize. Anyone know?

I read up more on her case today. She had fled to Ponce de Leon in Florida after stealing the money and lived under the name "Cindy Blanchard" with a boyfriend there. She had fled in fear because her job was bought out by another company and would've investigated the missing money. On the contrary, Wismiller's family said they never heard from her for the 6 years she was gone but a Kokomo detective had subpoenaed phone records from her son and daughter and learned they had been receiving calls from her, which lead them to Florida. She turned herself in to Kokomo, IN police in December of 2006 and asked for a lawyer. She did name accomplices in the money thefts, which kept her from serving a long prison sentence and only received 2 years in prison, 3 years probation and was forced to pay back $195,000 of the estimated $400,000+ she stole. The accomplice(s) never faced a day in jail because the statute of limitations on the thefts ran out in 2004.

I read up more on her case today. She had fled to Ponce de Leon in Florida after stealing the money and lived under the name "Cindy Blanchard" with a boyfriend there. She had fled in fear because her job was bought out by another company and would've investigated the missing money. On the contrary, Wismiller's family said they never heard from her for the 6 years she was gone but a Kokomo detective had subpoenaed phone records from her son and daughter and learned they had been receiving calls from her, which lead them to Florida. She turned herself in to Kokomo, IN police in December of 2006 and asked for a lawyer. She did name accomplices in the money thefts, which kept her from serving a long prison sentence and only received 2 years in prison, 3 years probation and was forced to pay back $195,000 of the estimated $400,000+ she stole. The accomplice(s) never faced a day in jail because the statute of limitations on the thefts ran out in 2004.
Can you provide a link to this information - I live in Kokomo and the latest I read from the local paper(years ago) was that she had a plea agreement - that included naming accomplice(s) - but she never did provide names. It also states that she acted alone. That is in the actual crimes - I think her kids found out before or shortly after she fled the area.

Can you provide a link to this information - I live in Kokomo and the latest I read from the local paper(years ago) was that she had a plea agreement - that included naming accomplice(s) - but she never did provide names. It also states that she acted alone. That is in the actual crimes - I think her kids found out before or shortly after she fled the area.

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6628495

http://kokomotribune.com/local/x518879112/6-years-later-Wismiller-arrested

From the article-
"Wismiller agreed to plead guilty to three felony theft charges. Because of her cooperation, she'll likely get three years probation and must pay back $195,000."

I think that she spent 2-3 years in prison instead of 3 years of probation because she would not name others. Articles were written in the Kokomo Tribune when she would not name others and also when she was let of of prison - probably only available in the archives of the Kokomo Tribune :).

Anyway I was always shocked that someone could commit these crimes and spend so little time in prison. Have not heard anything about what she did once out of prison or how she will afford to pay the fine.

From the article-
"Wismiller agreed to plead guilty to three felony theft charges. Because of her cooperation, she'll likely get three years probation and must pay back $195,000."

I think that she spent 2-3 years in prison instead of 3 years of probation because she would not name others. Articles were written in the Kokomo Tribune when she would not name others and also when she was let of of prison - probably only available in the archives of the Kokomo Tribune :).

Anyway I was always shocked that someone could commit these crimes and spend so little time in prison. Have not heard anything about what she did once out of prison or how she will afford to pay the fine.

I think she already payed the fine but who knows for sure. She now lives in California and to my knowledge, has rekindled her relationship with her family.

I think she already payed the fine but who knows for sure. She now lives in California and to my knowledge, has rekindled her relationship with her family.

I always wondered about her boyfriend - he was so distraught - if he knew about it before it happened then he is a pretty good actor.

I always wondered about her boyfriend - he was so distraught - if he knew about it before it happened then he is a pretty good actor.

If you're talking about the robbery, she met him after the fact.

If you're talking about the robbery, she met him after the fact.

Sorry I was not clear - I meant the man that she was living with at the time if the robbery. He was pretty upset - lost something like 40 pounds - was convinced that someone had forced her to complete the theft.

I think she probably had someone with her - there is a grocery store close to there and a delivery driver stated that from that parking lot he saw her and a man putting the money in a car. The theory was that this man killed her and kept the money - and that he had threatened to kill her family.

Of course now we know that she had already taken money, that theft would show up in an audit - due to the new company taking over.

I just saw this one for the first time yesterday and can't believe they even bothered with the 'was she being coerced?' angle. Her family was either dumb, playing dumb or incredilbly naive. She was so obviously guilty. Let's see:

1) previous money came up missing

2) she didn't enter the emergency code on any of the machines to signal trouble

3) she disobeyed her boss's instructions and did her normal route, when she was supposed to wait for the trainee.

*cough* guilty *cough*

I just saw this one for the first time yesterday and can't believe they even bothered with the 'was she being coerced?' angle. Her family was either dumb, playing dumb or incredilbly naive. She was so obviously guilty. Let's see:

1) previous money came up missing

2) she didn't enter the emergency code on any of the machines to signal trouble

3) she disobeyed her boss's instructions and did her normal route, when she was supposed to wait for the trainee.

*cough* guilty *cough*

Definitely more clear cut than the Dale K case. It would be nice to hear about what she was doing all those years.

2) she didn't enter the emergency code on any of the machines to signal trouble

*cough* guilty *cough*

I'm watching the segment right now, and i'm not sure I understand the bit about an emergency code in the ATMs. Was it a special code for those workers only? Because the idea of an emergency code the general public can punch is more of an urban legend. I think it's been patented but never implemented.

I'm watching the segment right now, and i'm not sure I understand the bit about an emergency code in the ATMs. Was it a special code for those workers only? Because the idea of an emergency code the general public can punch is more of an urban legend. I think it's been patented but never implemented.
It was for workers only.

I think it would be great for the public, too, but the problem is that if you're being forced to enter your pin and the emergency code is universal, they'll see what you're doing. Unless everyone had their own specific emergency code...

This one is interesting because she received phone calls from her family while she was on the run, which ultimately led to her arrest. The investigation revealed that even before she was on the run, she was already dipping into the ATMs. That means the ones professing her innocence (boyfriend & son) certainly knew she was guilty at the time UM interviewed them.