Neighbor From Hell: Angela Stoldt

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What if your neighbor was not just someone who lived next door, but the architect of your darkest fate? Explore the unsettling case of James Schieffer, a 36-year-old man from Deltona, Florida, whose sudden disappearance in April 2013 led to a gruesome discovery. As we navigate through James' last known actions and the bizarre texts he sent to his loved ones, we unravel the sinister involvement of Angela Stoldt, his neighbor and the payee on his Social Security disability check. This chilling episode of Human Wreckage unveils the horrifying sequence of events that culminated in Angela's shocking confession and ultimate arrest.

Join us as we dissect the twisted relationship and financial woes that plagued James and Angela, leading to a devastating act of betrayal. Angela's disturbing account of how she killed and dismembered James paints a horrifying picture of desperation and manipulation gone horribly wrong. With a web of lies and concealed motives, this tragic tale exposes the dark underbelly of human nature and the catastrophic consequences of financial strain. Buckle up for a gripping narrative that will leave you questioning the true nature of the people closest to you.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
In April of 2013, james Schieffer was reported
missing in Deltona, florida.
The investigation would lead tohis neighbor, angela Stold.
In April of 2013, the VolusiaCounty Sheriff's Office appealed
to the public for informationabout a missing man.
36-year-old James Schieffer hadnot been seen since the 2nd of
April.
He worked for Diamond Limousinein Deltona, florida, and was

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last seen climbing into anunknown vehicle at the business.
James and the driver drove offin a black passenger car,
leaving James' car behind.
James never returned to workthat afternoon and his
girlfriend and family had notheard from him or seen him since
.
Welcome to this episode ofHuman Wreckage.
This case is about thedisappearance of James Schieffer

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and his neighbor from hell,angela Stolt.
Let's get into it.

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Missing person flyers describeJames as standing at around 5'11
and weighing approximately 275pounds.
He had brown eyes, brown hairand, as for identifying features
, he had a number of tattoos,including one which said gringo
on his neck, a metallica skullon his right calf and NCC on his
right forearm.
The last time that he was seen,he was wearing his work

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clothing, which consisted of ablack dress shirt, black dress
pants and black dress shoes.
James Livin girlfriend of 17years, candy Medina, said that
she had received a text messagefrom him which read that he was
having to hide out from someoneand that he was okay.
Unfortunately for James, he hadbeen struggling financially.
He had confided in loved onesthat he owed around $100 in rent

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and wasn't quite sure how hewas going to come up with the
money.
This led to speculation thatJames had simply skipped town.
Those who knew James the most,however, knew that this wasn't
true.
There was no movement in themissing person case until the
21st of April when policereceived an early morning phone
call from a relative of40-year-old Angela Stolt, who

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was James' neighbor.
The relative said that Stolthad made suicidal comments and
told them that she had killedJames.
Police were dispatched toStolt's home and they brought
her down to the headquarters tobe interviewed.
Stolt refused to talk and shewas taken to a local hospital
for a psychiatric examinationAfterwards.
She was then brought in formore questioning.

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She told investigators that shehad seen James on the 5th of
April, even though hisgirlfriend and family hadn't
seen him since the 2nd of April.
She continued telling theinvestigators that she was the
current payee on James' SocialSecurity disability check and
said that both she and James hadaccess to the account.
According to Stott, she hadreceived a text message from

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James on the 3rd of April askingher to meet up with him.
They met behind a wind Dixie inDeltona and James gave her $150
to cover an overdraw that hehad made from their shared
account.
She said that James was withanother man, but he didn't
appear to be under duress.
Stolt eventually said I wishyou had come to my house the

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first day.
She broke down and admittedthat she had killed James.
She claimed that James hadasked her to borrow $2,000 to
$4,000 from her father.
In the early morning hours ofthe 3rd of April, stolt said
that she picked James up fromhis place of employment and told
him that her father wasconsidering it.
They drove to the OsteenCemetery and, according to Stolt

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, when they arrived James askedagain about the money.
Stolt said she was annoyed thatJames constantly overdrew the
bank account and she replied howdoes it feel to be lied to,
jimmy?
James allegedly responded howdare you?
She claimed that James began tothreaten to kill her and kill
her children and went to grabher.
Stolt grabbed an ice pick thatwas in a box of camping supplies

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in the back seat and rammed itinto James' eye before grabbing
a cord and wrapping it tightlyaround James' neck.
The cord had handles on eachend and Stolt put a foot in each
handle to pull it tighter untilJames stopped moving.
She then stabbed him once inthe other eye.
When James stopped moving,stolden enveloped his head in
plastic wrap.
She drove the body back to herhome where she used a hacksaw to
dismember it.

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She put his arms, legs and headin a baby pool in the garage,
and then his torso in anotherbaby pool, before retreating to
bed the following day.
She attempted to cremate theremains in the stove and in the
oven.
She said during theinterrogation Thursday is when I
was cooking him, friday is whenI was dumping him.

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After the confession, stolt tookinvestigators to various places
in Volusia County where she haddisposed of James' cell phone
and identification.
She then took them to wherethey could find his remains, but
investigators could only everfind a portion of them.
Stoll was subsequently chargedwith second-degree murder, abuse
of a dead human body andtampering with physical evidence

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.
Her defense team would file astand-your-ground motion
claiming the murder wasself-defense.
Florida's stand-your-ground lawstates that a person can use
deadly force if they reasonablybelieve that their life is in
danger.
Stoltz's charge was thenelevated to first-degree murder
and Judge Randall Roroman IIIrejected the stand-your-ground
defense.

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Investigation had uncovered thatafter Stoltz picked James up
from his work, she had first ofall taken him to her home where
they drank mixed drinks of vodkaand peach schnapps.
However, stolt had spikedSchieffer's drink with Flexerol,
a prescription drug whichcauses drowsiness.
From here Stott drove a drunkand drug James to the cemetery.
He believed that they weregoing to her parents' house to

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talk about the money situation.
Stolt was ordered to standtrial.
Prosecutors would share theirbelief that she had drugged
James and then killed him.
When he was passed out,prosecutor Ryan Will stated
You'll hear, when he stoppedmoving, that she pulled the ice
pick out of his eye and shejammed it into the other one.
Just to be sure.
Her words, not mine.

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It was revealed that hoursbefore the killing, stolt had
purchased the plastic which shewrapped James' head in, as well
as rubber gloves indicatingpremeditation.
Prosecutors theorized that Stoltwas so angry that James kept
overdrawing their shared accountthat she concocted a plan to
kill him.
Prosecutor Will said she tookhim into the house piece by

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piece the very same house sheshares with her two teenage
children and she cooked him inher oven and stove.
She started with the oven, butwhen the smoke and smell became
unbearable she realized that shemight get caught.
Angela Stolt would be convictedof first degree murder and
sentenced to life in prison.
So freaking, messed up.
That brings us to the end ofthis case.

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Very brutal.
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