She Stabbed Her Boyfriend to Death, Kissed Him Goodbye, and Claimed He Stabbed Himself | Crime Alert 1PM 11.28.25

She stabbed him and kissed him goodbye: A Wisconsin woman is sentenced to life in prison for murder after a jury rejects her claim that her boyfriend died by suicide. A Nebraska man is still missing more than two decades after vanishing during a short walk to meet a coworker for a ride to work. Drew Nelson reports.

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Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news. Now, I'm Drew Nelson.
She stabbed him and kissed him goodbye. A Wisconsin woman
is sentenced to life in prison for murder after a
jury rejects her claim that her boyfriend died by suicide.
Samantha Krebs was sentencing out of Game County Court. The
judge imposed life, with eligibility for extended supervision after thirty

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six years. Krebs is forty. She was convicted of first
degree intentional homicide in the July eighteenth, twenty twenty four
stabbing death of her boyfriend Joey Karnak. The killing happened
inside an apartment on North Park Lane Drive in Appleton.
Before the sentence was imposed, Krebs addressed the court. She
denied killing karna She blamed shock and drug use for

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her actions after his death. Well, I'm responsible for the
wrong decision making well Hien in shock. I don't feel
that I deserve life in prison for that. Judge Vincent
Biskoopitch rejected that claim. Today, you don't accept any responsibility.
It's a suicide, Judge, I'm not puying that dress. That night,
police were called to the apartment about ten o'clock for

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a stabbing report. Carnatt was found on the kitchen floor
with a fatal wound that punctured his heart. Heroic measures
began immediately, but the stab wound was unsurvivable. Friends told
police they arrived at the apartment and found Karnaut and
Crabs inside, when witness said Krebs asked them to lie.
The complaint states that she told them to tell police
that Carnot stabbed himself. Another witness said Krebs kissed Karnat

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before leaving the apartment. The witness said she told him
she was sorry and that she loved him. Another witness
said they heard Crebs say quote, I can't go back
to prison. Krebs left the scene before officers arrived. When
police later reached her by phone, she gave an account
that Karnat stabbed himself and then she had already left
the complex. Then her story changed. At one point, she

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said she learned about his death from the newspaper. Later,
she said she watched him kill himself. A jury convicted
Krebs in September of first degree intentional homicide. Prosecutors pointed
to her criminal pass during sentencing. Court records show a
history stretching back more than a decade, including drug possession, battery,
and weapons related cases. She was on probation when Karnott

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was killed in court. Carnott's family spoke before the sentence.
His mother described her daily grief, and his sister celebrated
his joyful nature. Hearted to son go away. I had
dreams about him, only to wake up and realize that
he's not heard with us anymore. He was always happy,
joy snap was contagious. You couldn't hear. Judge Biscoobich also

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ordered Krebs to pay more than eight thousand dollars in restitution.
She is now in the custody of the Wisconsin Department
of Corrections to begin serving her life sentence. More crime
and justice news after this. A Nebraska man is still
missing more than two decades after vanishing during a short

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walk to meet a coworker for a ride to work.
Jason Anthony Jolkowski disappeared on June thirteenth of teen, two
thousand and one, in Omaha. He left his home in
the Benson neighborhood that morning to walk eight blocks to
Benson High School. He planned to meet a coworker there
for a ride to his shift. At Fazzoli's Restaurant. He
never arrived. Joelkowski was born on June twenty fourth of

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nineteen eighty one and Grand Island, Nebraska. He was nineteen
at the time of his disappearance. He lived with his
parents at forty eighth in Pinkney Street. His father Jim Jolkowski,
his mother Kelly Murphy, his younger brother Michael Jolkowski. Jason
was a part time student in the radio broadcasting program
at Iowa Western Community College and Council Bluffs. He hoped
to become a radio disc jockey and had planned to

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start at KIWR. On the morning of June thirteenth. His
manager called him in early. His car was in the shop.
He arranged the ride with the coworker and chose Benson
High as the meeting place because he had trouble giving directions.
At ten forty five am, a neighbor saw Jason helping
his younger brother bring trash cans in from the curb.
That was the last confirmed sighting between eleven fifteen and

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eleven thirty am. The coworker called Jason's house and said
he never showed up. Security cameras at the high school
were reviewed and none showed him arriving. Police later called
the case one of the most baffling they'd ever seen.
No physical evidence was found, no credible sightings were confirmed.
As of today, the Omaha Police Department continues to investigate,
and the FBI has joined. In the years that followed,

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Jason's parents created Project Jason to help other families of
missing people. After lobbying by the family, the Nebraska legislature
passed Jason's Law in two thousand and five, creating a
statewide missing persons database. Kelly Murphy later received national and
state awards for her advocacy on behalf of families of
the missing. Jason's family has continued to hold remembrance events

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and awareness efforts in Omaha. His disappearance remains unsolved now
twenty four years later, the FBI lists Jason Jolkowski as
an endangered missing person among their most Wanted missing People.
Jason is white. He would be about forty four, brown hair,
brown eyes. He was about six feet two wait at
the time of his disappearance was one hundred and sixty
or so. Anyone with information is asked to contact the

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FBI Omaha Field Office. You can go to tips Do
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I'm Drew Nelson.