David Caruso Stalker Appears In Court April 14

Reinhard Fellner of Austria's Tiroler Tageszeitung newspaper is reporting that Heidemarie Schnitzer, David Caruso's mentally deranged stalker, will not have to wait as long in pre-trial detention as previously expected. Recognizing Schnitzer posed a flight risk, Judge Guenther Boehler ordered her detained until time of trial after she was extradited to Austria. This ruling came after Schnitzer twice failed to appear for court hearings and fled the jurisdiction for Mexico where she was captured in February.

Following the Easter holidays, Schnitzer will make her first court appearance on Tuesday, April 14. At that time, Judge Boehler will rule on a Motion to institutionalize Caruso's stalker. Austrian laws, much like those in the U.S., require speedy disposition of criminal cases. Schnitzer will more than likely serve out her sentence in a mental facility.

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David Caruso - Investigation Discovery's Top Celebrity Stalkers Includes Caruso Stalker, Heidemarie Schnitzer

An interesting article from Investigation Discovery's Crime Countdowns of the Top Celebrity Stalkers. Unfortunately, this article didn't include Heidemarie Schnitzer so we have taken the liberty of adding her name and photo to the list :

No. 1 - Mark David Chapman, John Lennon Stalker/Assassin

In the fall of 1980, Mark David Chapman traveled to New York City with the intention of killing former Beatles singer and political activist, John Lennon. After spending the afternoon outside Lennon's apartment — an afternoon that included receiving an autograph from Lennon and shaking his young son's hand — Chapman shot the music legend in the back multiple times when he attempted to enter his apartment.

As Lennon lay dying from his wounds on the sidewalk, Chapman remained on the scene and casually read passages from the book, A Catcher in the Rye. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

No. 2 - Robert John Bardo, Rebecca Schaeffer Murderer

In 1989, Rebecca Schaeffer was a Hollywood darling, former star of the television series My Sister Sam and several movies. But just as her career was taking off, her life was cut short by Robert John Bardo, a man who had been stalking Schaeffer for years. In July 1989, Bardo showed up at Schaeffer's apartment and fatally shot her as she stood in her doorway.

Bardo's crime sent chills through Hollywood, especially because of the ease with which he found Schaeffer through her driving records. The incident led to new anti-stalking laws, including the 1994 Driver's Privacy Protection Act, which prevents the Department of Motor Vehicles from releasing private addresses.

No. 3 - Anthony Gary Silvestri, Kathryn Dettman Murderer

In January 1998, Anthony Gary Silvestri broke into the home of television reporter Kathryn Dettman, a woman he had been stalking for many months. As Dettman stepped out of her shower and into her bedroom, Silvestri stood waiting for her with a knife. What ensued was a brutally violent attack: Silvestri stabbed Dettman more than a dozen times, leaving her dead on the apartment floor. He is currently serving a 40-year prison term.


No. 4 - John Hinckley Jr., Jodie Foster Stalker/Would-Be Ronald Reagan Assassin


In 1980, actress Jodie Foster took a break from Hollywood to become a student at Yale University. It's also the year she became the victim of a stalker. John Hinckley Jr., was obsessed with Foster and enrolled at Yale for the sole purpose of being close to her. He soon began to leave letters and poems in her mailbox, including one in which he outlined plans to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in an effort to win her affections. On that same day, Hinckley traveled to a hotel in Washington, D.C., and made good on his promise, shooting President Reagan and other members of his party. Reagan survived. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

No. 5 - Margaret Mary Ray, David Letterman Stalker


For many years, schizophrenia patient Margaret Mary Ray stalked David Letterman, of The Late Show With David Letterman, and entertained fantasies about being his lover. Though he joked about her on his show, the threats Ray made against Letterman were no laughing matter. She broke into his home on several occasions and stole his Porsche at least once. Ray died by her own hand in 1998.

No. 6 - Jack Jordan, Uma Thurman Stalker


At the trial of Jack Jordan, Uma Thurman's long-time stalker, the actress testified that she was "totally freaked out" and scared for herself and her children when confronted with Jordan's creepy advances. In an attempt to spark a love interest, Jordan had sent Thurman cards with sexually suggestive messages and threatening drawings, including one of an open grave, a headstone and a man standing on the edge of a razor blade. He was found guilty and sentenced to three years probation.

No. 7 - Cristin Keleher, George Harrison Stalker


Cristin Keleher gained infamy in 1999 when she broke into the home of former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and helped herself to a frozen pizza. She wasn't just overcome by munchies; Harrison had been the object of Keleher's stalker fantasies for years. She served four months for the crime, but was back in the news in 2006 when she was fatally shot in California, the victim of a murder-suicide.

No. 8 - Dawnette Knight, Catherine Zeta-Jones/Michael Douglas Stalker


When Dawnette Knight developed an obsession with actor Michael Douglas, his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones became her natural enemy. In 2003 and 2004, Knight sent threatening letters to the Oscar-winning couple, which included claims that Knight would cut up Zeta-Jones and feed her to dogs. Following a much-publicized trial in which both Zeta-Jones and Douglas gave harrowing testimony, Knight pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison.

No. 9 - Rev. David Ajemian, Conan O'Brien Stalker


After the molestation scandals of the 1990s, the Catholic Church had endured about as much negative publicity as it could handle. Enter Rev. David Ajemian, the stalker priest who sent threatening letters and DVDs to Conan O'Brien of NBC's Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Ajemian pleaded guilty in 2007 to disorderly conduct and agreed to stay away from the late-night talk-show host. He was placed on leave by the Archdiocese of Boston after the scandal broke and was later stripped of his priestly duties entirely.

No. 10 - Heidemarie Schnitzer, Stalker /Would-Be Assassin of David Caruso



Heidemarie Schnitzer, Austrian national charged with stalking and threatening to murder David Caruso, his grown daughter Greta and his former companion, Liza Marquez. After Caruso failed to furnish her with an autograph and rejected her sexual advances in a Miami restaurant, Schnitzer went off the deep end. Her love obsession for the actor turned to a deadly hate obsession. Dr. Karin Treichl, an Austrian psychiatrist, diagnosed Schnitzer with "severe personality disorder capable of turning violent at any time."

Schnitzer failed to appear for two trial dates and fled to Mexico's Baja peninsula in April 2008. Armed with a laptop, Schnitzer launched an Internet hate campaign against David Caruso, his family and his associates. Using hundreds of pseudonyms and writing four hate-Caruso blogs, Schnitzer libeled and denigrated the actor for the duration of her flight from justice. On one website, Schnitzer posted a pornographic comment about Caruso's two-year old son. Sources close to this story always feared that Schnitzer would attempt to breach the US/Mexico border and travel to Los Angeles to hunt down Caruso and his family.

On February 19, 2009, Tijuana police captured and arrested Heidemarie Schnitzer pursuant to an international warrant. Two months later, Schnitzer was tried and convicted of stalking and sending death threats to David Caruso. During her trial, evidence of Schnitzer's 1994 conviction for threatening an ex-boyfriend was introduced by the prosecution. Judge Guenther Boehler sentenced Schnitzer to seven months in prison followed by incarceration in a mental facility for an undisclosed period of time.

David Caruso - Schizophrenic Schnitzer Denies Children Are Hers

UPDATE: Within minutes of publishing this post, Heidemarie Schnitzer read our blog and immediately beat a path to IMDb to correct her grammatical errors. We stand by the quote below as originally published. Schnitzer's IMDb post which she corrected is now noted as "updated."

More evidence of Heidemarie Schnitzer's schizophrenia for Dr. Karin Treichl and Austria's Children's Protective Services. The voices in the head of David Caruso's fugitive Austrian stalker continue disavowing she abandoned two children. After we posted a link on IMDb to the above photo, Schnitzer posted the following grammatically challenged denial:

Ahem, Is it just me or do I fail so any names attached to the picture? You know names as in confirmation/proof? Whoever this people are....sweet cheeks, you really have to do BETTER than that.Still begging for information? Still hallucinating? What ELSE is new?

posted by "Dixiebabe" pseudonym for Heidemarie Schnitzer
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000325/board/thread/129234025?d=129242799&p=1#129242799

How sad that Schnitzer's two children are old enough now to not only access the Internet but regrettably read and comprehend the depth of their mother's insanity. No other celebrity stalkers to date, including David Letterman's stalker Margaret Mary Ray, have ever used the Internet to further their criminal pursuits and more importantly, to deny the existence of their own flesh and blood children.

Heidemarie Schnitzer remains at large on Mexico's Baja peninsula wanted on an International Warrant for threatening to murder CSI Miami's David Caruso and for fleeing Austria to avoid prosecution thereof. Schnitzer is armed and considered to be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt to apprehend this woman. Contact the U.S. Border Patrol at 1-800-232-5378 , the FBI at (310) 477-6565 or Austria's Bundeskriminalamt at +43-(0)1-531 26-0

David Caruso - Stalker Fled Leaving Both Children Behind

Last August, an Austrian blog reported that David Caruso's fugitive Austrian stalker Heidemarie Schnitzer was the "Mutter von zwei Kindern." Translated this means "Mother of two children". Later in this same blog, the author stated when Schnitzer fled to avoid prosecution, she "ließ ihre beiden Kinder in Tirol." Translated this means when Schnitzer fled Austria "she left both children behind in Tirol." Last week here at The Stalker Chronicles, we took a closer look at this photo. And although it could be a pure coincidence, the young boy in this photo bears a striking resemblance to Christian Putzer, the father of Katharina Sophie, Heidemarie's daughter. Are the children pictured above brother and sister?

It's unimaginable that Schnitzer would abandon even one child, much less two to hunt down David Caruso and follow through with her murder threats. If what we suspect is true and this young boy is Schnitzer's other child, who is caring for him and his sister while their mentally unbalanced Mother gallivants around Mexico's Baja peninsula trying to avoid capture by Mexican authorities? Sadly, Schnitzer's behavior is similar to that of the late Margaret Mary Ray, David Letterman's stalker. Ray too had children that she abandoned to pursue stalking David Letterman.

Moreover, how terribly pathetic for Schnitzer's two children who are now old enough to use a computer and access the Internet. They have more than likely googled Schnitzer's name and if they haven't, surely their friends have. How dejected these children must have felt when they learned their own Mother had vanished from their lives after criminally stalking and threatening to end the lives of three people. Schnitzer clearly had no concerns for the well-being of her children when she chose this path. With a diagnosis of "severe personality disorder" nothing Schnitzer does anymore has any element of surprise.

Heidemarie Schnitzer remains at large on Mexico's Baja peninsula wanted on an International Warrant for threatening to murder CSI Miami's David Caruso and for fleeing Austria to avoid prosecution thereof. Schnitzer is armed and considered to be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt to apprehend this woman. Contact the U.S. Border Patrol at 1-800-232-5378 , the FBI at (310) 477-6565 or Austria's Bundeskriminalamt at +43-(0)1-531 26-0.

David Caruso's Stalker Heidemarie Schnitzer: Margaret Ray on Steroids

In the 90's, CBS' David Letterman unwittingly became the victim of a celebrity stalker. Although Letterman's stalker Margaret Mary Ray suffered from schizophrenia, her stalking amounted to nothing more than annoying exploits in harassment. Ten years later, CBS again finds one of their own hounded by a stalker. For the last two years, CSI Miami's David Caruso has been physically and mentally stalked by a deranged Austrian woman, Heidemarie Schnitzer. Karin Treichl, her court-appointed psychiatrist, has diagnosed Schnitzer as suffering from a profound personality disorder capable of becoming dangerous.

The differences between Ray and Schnitzer are alarming. Letterman's stalker convinced herself she was romantically involved with the star and repeatedly broke into his home, stole his car and even camped out on his tennis court at one point. Heidemarie Schnitzer, on the other hand, has written a letter to David Caruso threatening to murder him and Liza Marquez stating that she (Schnitzer) would start by murdering Caruso's grown daughter, Greta.

Schnitzer went off the deep end when she demanded and never received an autograph from David Caruso. Schnitzer then mailed Caruso a death threat in care of CBS Studios. Unlike Ray, Schnitzer has employed the Internet not only as an offensive weapon to defame and slander Caruso, but to thumb her nose at authorities who have not been able to capture her while she remains on the lam in Mexico.

Yesterday, in yet another act of desperation, Schnitzer stole another blogger's name and used it to post lies and innuendo on this site. Anyone familiar with the blogger in question knows she would never promote gossip especially on another site. Because Schnitzer's personality disorder has progressed into the advanced stages, the Internet has become fraught with evidence that she'll stop at nothing to save her own skin.

Two years ago, Schnitzer had the Internet virtually to herself to wage a personal war against Caruso. Now however, the tide has turned and Schnitzer has gone on a rampage against those of us who have exposed her.

When compared to Letterman's stalker, Heidemarie Schnitzer is Margaret Mary Ray on steroids. Schnitzer's antics, including boasting on websites about crossing into the U.S. to carry out her death threats against David Caruso, make Ray's pranks look like the stuff of an infatuated school girl. With Schnitzer lying in wait in Tijuana minutes south of the California/Mexico border, officials are privately concerned about the grave implications she poses should she succeed in crossing undetected into the U.S.

Schnitzer's all out efforts to discredit this blog and any that expose her are symptoms of extreme mental illness. Stealing other's names to promote her sick agenda against David Caruso is a cry for help. Is Schnitzer desperate enough to commit murder? Does anyone really want to find out?

The U.S. Border Patrol has been placed on high alert and has photos of Heidi Schnitzer at all check points. For those traveling to the Southern California/Tijuana, Mexico area please be on the look out for Heidi Schnitzer. She is likely armed and is very dangerous. Report all suspicious activity to the Border Patrol at 1-800-232-5378. Or contact the local police in Tijuana, the U.S. FBI or Austria's Bundeskriminalamt at +43-(0)1-531 26-0.