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sugarbaby · 01-28-2008, 03:04 PM

Just a quick question.....as I was re-watching (again!) UM favorites #4 on my snow-day off, I was hoping Crystaldawn or someone could help me on what happend with Stephen Mafero and his missing wife Dorene. Basically she went missing, his story did not match up with what the police thought had happen, he wrote a couple of weird letters to the police, and the segment ended with Stephen not knowing what happend to his wife and he was the only suspect. Then there was an update at the end, saying that in 1999 Stephen had died from a self-inflicted gunshot but then it was cut off!!

What else did the update say? Did he do it? Did he leave a note? And where is Dorene? Can anyone help?

kadrmas15 · 01-28-2008, 03:47 PM

Sugarbaby, while it is officially unknown whether Stephen murdered Doreen, the odds are he did because that update, if you were to ever see the complete version, it would say in 1999, he shot and killed his girlfriend or maybe it was his ex-girlfriend, but it was a woman he had been recently dating. Appaerantly Marfeo was drunk and stalking her and he killed her and shot and wounded her boyfriend than Marfeo drove off into Connecticut where his car was later found and he had shot himself. He left a note but didnt confess to killing Doreen in it.

LooksLikeCRicci · 01-28-2008, 03:49 PM

Hi Sugarbaby,

From my understanding, Marfeo killed his girlfriend before killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He maintained his innocence in the Doreen Marfeo disappearance until he died.

Doreen has never been found.

I hope that helps. A lot of us on the boards have speculatated that given the last actions of his life, Marfeo more than likely murdered Doreen as well.

sugarbaby · 01-28-2008, 04:07 PM

Thank you guys for the information! I knew you guys would know!

DP1 · 01-28-2008, 09:15 PM

I believe Mafero also wounded the man his girlfriend was having an affair with. He survived.

wiseguy182 · 01-28-2008, 09:42 PM

As at least one other poster has mentioned, Steve Marfeo, at the end of the segment, sips a cup of coffee, like in one of those International Coffee commercials, where they say "celebrate the moments of your life" Oddly enough, I was watching an old episode of the Price is right the other day, and they played this commerical. I immediately thought of the segment. It's interesting to note how some people/things always remind me of UM, like whenever I see Michael Jordan on tv, I always think of Danny Wheeler.

Todd Mueller · 01-28-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by wiseguy182

As at least one other poster has mentioned, Steve Marfeo, at the end of the segment, sips a cup of coffee, like in one of those International Coffee commercials, where they say "celebrate the moments of your life". . .

ROTF!

That is hilarious!

He does seem to appear to have an odd inner peace for a guy who most likely killed his wife.

IIRC, doesn't the update say they searched the area where he killed himself, thinking since it was a remote place, that maybe he offed his wife there too?

DP1 · 01-28-2008, 10:45 PM

Yeah, they did start a search of the area but unfortuneately, turned up nothing. Though I think it's a safe bet to say the case has been unofficially closed.

Noticed that bit about the coffee too. Just like a commercial.

Clockworkhigh · 01-14-2011, 01:00 AM

I was never sure about this. Other than the whole "let's assume the husband did it since he was the closest to her" theory there isn't a lot to go on with Stephen. Doreen's mother and sister did not believe it was him. That doesn't mean a whole lot, but still.

I think the whole fiasco with how he ended his life makes him look even more guilty but if that's the case you just killed a woman, injured another and are about to kill yourself. Why not confess to Doreen and her whereabouts? Hey you are already a murderer, your legacy even from your own family's standpoint will not be good but it might help give some solace.

This is why I am neither here nor there on this one.

cocytus · 01-14-2011, 07:29 AM

I usually am very careful not to judge something w/o a lot of available evidence but in this case I don't see where there would be much doubt. Quite simply, the odds against a man that later kills his EX-girlfriend, attempts to kill her current boyfriend and kills himself having NOT killed his first wife also, have to be astronomical. Possibly on the order of a double lottery jackpot win in the same day. Or being struck by lighting twice...after an airplane crash.

The scariest part of Stephen Marfeo is that he seemed genuinely sincere that he wasn't a violent person and that he didn't do anything to his wife. It's unfortunate that his wife and his ex-girlfriend had to run into and fall in love with, this monster.

TheCars1986 · 01-14-2011, 09:46 AM

The Marfeo update was shocking to say the least. I really thought he was innocent, and I thought it was possible that Dorene left on her own. But the guy shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and attempted to kill her new boyfriend. What makes you think he wouldn't do the same to his wife if she upset him in any way?

Clockworkhigh · 01-14-2011, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCars1986

The Marfeo update was shocking to say the least. I really thought he was innocent, and I thought it was possible that Dorene left on her own. But the guy shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and attempted to kill her new boyfriend. What makes you think he wouldn't do the same to his wife if she upset him in any way?

I wish there was more information on Marfeo's other girlfriend that he killed. I don't doubt he did it, but they gave little information about it. I agree that it would be astronomical odds to NOT have killed your missing wife and then 10 years later kill your ex-girlfriend. If it looks like a duck...........tastes like a duck........you get the picture.

But is there in some small way a chance that he was innocent........of Doreen's disappearance? If he was in a rocky relationship there is little doubt there were words exchanged with the ex girlfriend and who knows she could have said to him "you're just a wife killer anyways!" along those lines. Maybe he figures so many people think he's guilty as it is, why not just do it and then "off" myself. This isn't a logical way of thinking but the stress that Stephen would have been going through with the accusations could have put him over the top.

So without that confession at the end, I still have to wonder about this one, although perhaps if I were to lean either way it would be that he was involved with Doreen's disappearance.

WishfulDreamer · 01-14-2011, 05:08 PM

That update really upset me the first time I saw it several years ago. I had been convinced that he seemed innocent and it definitely startled me.

TheCars1986 · 01-14-2011, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Clockworkhigh

I wish there was more information on Marfeo's other girlfriend that he killed. I don't doubt he did it, but they gave little information about it. I agree that it would be astronomical odds to NOT have killed your missing wife and then 10 years later kill your ex-girlfriend. If it looks like a duck...........tastes like a duck........you get the picture.

But is there in some small way a chance that he was innocent........of Doreen's disappearance? If he was in a rocky relationship there is little doubt there were words exchanged with the ex girlfriend and who knows she could have said to him "you're just a wife killer anyways!" along those lines. Maybe he figures so many people think he's guilty as it is, why not just do it and then "off" myself. This isn't a logical way of thinking but the stress that Stephen would have been going through with the accusations could have put him over the top.

So without that confession at the end, I still have to wonder about this one, although perhaps if I were to lean either way it would be that he was involved with Doreen's disappearance.

If Stephen was innocent in Doreen's disappearance, then he would have had no prior history of violence. For him to fly off the handle and kill his ex-girlfriend in a jealous rage would be next to impossible without a prior history. That's why I think he killed Doreen as well.

Janel "Jaycee" Miller · 03-17-2011, 08:33 PM

[QUOTE= For him to fly off the handle and kill his ex-girlfriend in a jealous rage would be next to impossible without a prior history. That's why I think he killed Doreen as well.[/QUOTE]

But don't all histories have to start somewhere? I haven't decided whether or not Steve killed his wife, but if he was innocent in Doreen's disappearance, the history could have started with the murder of the new girlfriend. I could be remembering wrong, but I was not able to find anything on the murder of the new girlfriend, so I don't know how LE knows he did it (unless the survivor provided that information). If the survivor did not ID Steve, then why did he make it so obvious he killed the new girlfriend and never admitted to his involvement (if any) in Doreen's disappearance?

For those who think he was innocent, let's keep this discussion going: why do you think that way? Itt is certainly interesting that his in-laws supported him -- I think we can all agree that most times a missing spouse is profiled on UM, the missing person's family is convinced the spouse not missing is responsible (think Mr. Pollis, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Noe as examples).

One more thing: is this the case where the reporter followed up on so
me psychic comments and there was a "for sale" sign with some numbers and a cross street that matched the psychic's comments?

I know this post goes in a thousand different directions ...

01-28-2008, 03:04 PM	#1
sugarbaby Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 29, 2006 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 39	Doreen and Stephen Marfeo Just a quick question.....as I was re-watching (again!) UM favorites #4 on my snow-day off, I was hoping Crystaldawn or someone could help me on what happend with Stephen Mafero and his missing wife Dorene. Basically she went missing, his story did not match up with what the police thought had happen, he wrote a couple of weird letters to the police, and the segment ended with Stephen not knowing what happend to his wife and he was the only suspect. Then there was an update at the end, saying that in 1999 Stephen had died from a self-inflicted gunshot but then it was cut off!! What else did the update say? Did he do it? Did he leave a note? And where is Dorene? Can anyone help?

01-28-2008, 09:42 PM	#6
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	As at least one other poster has mentioned, Steve Marfeo, at the end of the segment, sips a cup of coffee, like in one of those International Coffee commercials, where they say "celebrate the moments of your life" Oddly enough, I was watching an old episode of the Price is right the other day, and they played this commerical. I immediately thought of the segment. It's interesting to note how some people/things always remind me of UM, like whenever I see Michael Jordan on tv, I always think of Danny Wheeler.
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01-28-2008, 03:47 PM	#2
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Sugarbaby, while it is officially unknown whether Stephen murdered Doreen, the odds are he did because that update, if you were to ever see the complete version, it would say in 1999, he shot and killed his girlfriend or maybe it was his ex-girlfriend, but it was a woman he had been recently dating. Appaerantly Marfeo was drunk and stalking her and he killed her and shot and wounded her boyfriend than Marfeo drove off into Connecticut where his car was later found and he had shot himself. He left a note but didnt confess to killing Doreen in it.

01-28-2008, 03:49 PM	#3
LooksLikeCRicci Likes to live in a clean house Moderator Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2005 Posts: 4,050	Hi Sugarbaby, From my understanding, Marfeo killed his girlfriend before killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He maintained his innocence in the Doreen Marfeo disappearance until he died. Doreen has never been found. I hope that helps. A lot of us on the boards have speculatated that given the last actions of his life, Marfeo more than likely murdered Doreen as well.

01-28-2008, 04:07 PM	#4
sugarbaby Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 29, 2006 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 39	Thank you guys for the information! I knew you guys would know!

01-28-2008, 09:15 PM	#5
DP1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 21, 2004 Posts: 394	I believe Mafero also wounded the man his girlfriend was having an affair with. He survived.

01-28-2008, 10:45 PM	#8
DP1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 21, 2004 Posts: 394	Yeah, they did start a search of the area but unfortuneately, turned up nothing. Though I think it's a safe bet to say the case has been unofficially closed. Noticed that bit about the coffee too. Just like a commercial.

01-14-2011, 01:00 AM	#9
Clockworkhigh Member Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 29, 2009 Posts: 604	I was never sure about this. Other than the whole "let's assume the husband did it since he was the closest to her" theory there isn't a lot to go on with Stephen. Doreen's mother and sister did not believe it was him. That doesn't mean a whole lot, but still. I think the whole fiasco with how he ended his life makes him look even more guilty but if that's the case you just killed a woman, injured another and are about to kill yourself. Why not confess to Doreen and her whereabouts? Hey you are already a murderer, your legacy even from your own family's standpoint will not be good but it might help give some solace. This is why I am neither here nor there on this one.

01-14-2011, 07:29 AM	#10
cocytus Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 15, 2010 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 781	I usually am very careful not to judge something w/o a lot of available evidence but in this case I don't see where there would be much doubt. Quite simply, the odds against a man that later kills his EX-girlfriend, attempts to kill her current boyfriend and kills himself having NOT killed his first wife also, have to be astronomical. Possibly on the order of a double lottery jackpot win in the same day. Or being struck by lighting twice...after an airplane crash. The scariest part of Stephen Marfeo is that he seemed genuinely sincere that he wasn't a violent person and that he didn't do anything to his wife. It's unfortunate that his wife and his ex-girlfriend had to run into and fall in love with, this monster.

01-14-2011, 09:46 AM	#11
TheCars1986 #VLSKMS Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 22, 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 8,604	The Marfeo update was shocking to say the least. I really thought he was innocent, and I thought it was possible that Dorene left on her own. But the guy shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and attempted to kill her new boyfriend. What makes you think he wouldn't do the same to his wife if she upset him in any way?

01-14-2011, 05:08 PM	#13
WishfulDreamer Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 01, 2009 Location: L.A. Posts: 3,865	That update really upset me the first time I saw it several years ago. I had been convinced that he seemed innocent and it definitely startled me.

03-17-2011, 08:33 PM	#15
Janel "Jaycee" Miller Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 19, 2010 Location: South Jersey Posts: 408	[QUOTE= For him to fly off the handle and kill his ex-girlfriend in a jealous rage would be next to impossible without a prior history. That's why I think he killed Doreen as well.[/QUOTE] But don't all histories have to start somewhere? I haven't decided whether or not Steve killed his wife, but if he was innocent in Doreen's disappearance, the history could have started with the murder of the new girlfriend. I could be remembering wrong, but I was not able to find anything on the murder of the new girlfriend, so I don't know how LE knows he did it (unless the survivor provided that information). If the survivor did not ID Steve, then why did he make it so obvious he killed the new girlfriend and never admitted to his involvement (if any) in Doreen's disappearance? For those who think he was innocent, let's keep this discussion going: why do you think that way? Itt is certainly interesting that his in-laws supported him -- I think we can all agree that most times a missing spouse is profiled on UM, the missing person's family is convinced the spouse not missing is responsible (think Mr. Pollis, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Noe as examples). One more thing: is this the case where the reporter followed up on so me psychic comments and there was a "for sale" sign with some numbers and a cross street that matched the psychic's comments? I know this post goes in a thousand different directions ...