Pam Hupp - Remember Her?

Pam Hupp testifies during a civil trial in January 2016. Image courtesy of Fox 2 / Dave Sharp.

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****UPDATE**** Pam has been arrested for first-degree murder in this case. ***Grab your popcorn and read below for latest update - written 8/27/16***

If you don't remember Ms. Hupp, be sure to check out my previous post here.

The short version- she is the woman who claimed to friends with Betsy Faria and was the last person to see Betsy before she died. Coincidentally, Betsy had signed over her life insurance policy to Pam just four days before she was stabbed to death. Pam also was used as a witness by the state to convict Russ Faris (Betsy's husband), of murder. Eventually, Russ' conviction was overturned and he is now a free man but during all this ordeal, the speculation over Pam and her possible involvement in Betsy's death continues and today we learn just another reason why that is.

Pam Hupp has found her way back into the headlines of her local news. It is confirmed she killed a man who she claims broke into her home.

So far, the reports confirm Pam claimed she was in her driveway when she was approached by a man. There was some sort of struggle that moved inside her home and she shot him dead. She also managed to call the police prior to grabbing a gun and shooting this man dead. Then she called the police back informing them she had killed the man.

The man has now been identified as 33-year-old Louis Gumpenberger. Pam claims she doesn't know who this man was. It has just been reported that in 2005, Louis had suffered in a car accident where he was driving drunk and steered into oncoming traffic resulting in a brain injury.

Those who knew Louis are suspicious. They simply do not understand how he was able to make his way to Hupp's home and because of his disability and his nature, they are simply not convinced he was there to commit a robbery. Considering Pam Hupp's past, it is safe to say their skepticism is quite reasonable.

According to the latest report, Louis was scheduled for a job interview at BCI Packaging, a place he had worked at before. 

“It was odd that he didn’t show up because he really, I mean he had come up here so many times wanting the job,” program director Katie Jones said. “So we knew something was off not to show up for the interview.”

Even more bizarre is the fact that Louis did not drive. He generally went nowhere without his mother yet somehow he found his way to Pam Hupp's home 13 miles away from his apartment. How?

So far, Pam had a mother who died in a tragic yet odd way. She was the last person to see Betsy alive. We also know that just before Betsy died, she had collected money for a woman who had cancer yet that woman's family never saw a dime from Pam. Pam also had several different stories about Betsy's life insurance policy; ultimately the court allowed her to keep it even though she had already spent all the money on herself. Who in their right minds believes a young woman would rather have had a distant friend gain $150,000 after her death as opposed to her own daughters? Finally, we have a disabled man approaching Pam in her driveway, somehow finding his way inside her home, and shot dead.

Drama, crazy, and death follow Pam wherever she goes. Hopefully, this time, the police will figure out why.

***UPDATE 8/27/16 

TRIGGER WARNING - The image below may terrify the average person. Proceed with caution. Please remove all children from the room before scrolling down. 

Holy sh!t it's Pam Hupp in her new fav color - prison orange. 

Pam has been arrested and you're never gonna believe this crazy ass story - we are talking epic-fail, epic-stupid. So grab your wine or whatever your poison and a snack and let's try our best to dissect this nutzo story.

Louis Gumpenberger was found dead in Hupp's home after she called police informing them a man was trying to break into her home. Initially, not much information was known about what had transpired other than we were told that Pam was cooperating with authorities - how nice of her.

Police have finally laid out the evidence against Pam and why they have chosen to finally throw her this psychotic bitch behind bars and this story is a doozie, let me tell you.
Here's what we know...

Several days before this shooting took place, Pam approached a woman and told her she worked for Dateline. She offered this woman $1000 to read a script that Pam claimed would be them reenacting a 911 call. The woman initially agreed but became suspicious when Pam could not provide any credentials. This woman then took to her Facebook page and warned people about a blonde woman in an SUV claiming to be with Dateline.

When police found this woman, she also described to them the 911 call Pam wanted her to record. It sounded eerily similar to the call police received when Pam reported the break-in.

With all the new information police know, it is believed that Pam had approached Louis just outside of his apartment building. Her cell phone shows it pinged right near his apartment complex about 40 minutes prior to her 911 call. Since Louis was consistently described as someone who was trusting and gullible, Pam's offer of $900 for reading a short script likely seemed believable to Louis and he trusted her enough to get into her vehicle where she proceeded to drive home. The reenactment was then played out resulting in Pam shooting Louis and murdering him. 

Police say they had discovered a note in Louis' pocket that described a plan for Louis to kidnap Pam, take her to the bank to get "Russ' money," and then Louis was instructed to kill Pam and bring the money to Russ. Accompanying the note was $900 and this note was recognized by police as having been planted on Louis. 

Can we just stop and laugh hysterically for a few minutes? 

Holy sh!t this is retarded! So Pam wanted the police to believe that Russ tracked some guy down to get money from Pam and have her killed? This guy was actually supposed to get over a hundred grand from Pam, kill her, and actually bring it back to Russ so that Russ could them give him a paltry 10k???? ...and all this was written in a note the hitman was carrying on his person?? LMFAO!!! ROFL!!! 

Oh but it gets even more stupid. No. Not kidding.

Pam told police that someone dropped Louis off and he approached her in her driveway, held a knife to her throat, and physically attempted to push her into her vehicle so they could get "Russ' money." She also told police she didn't know a Russ.

What the ever--loving f**k? She went through two murder trials where Russ was the defendant and she was the star witness and can't think of who Russ is? Someone slap her around, please. 

Being the super-Pam she is, she managed to get away from a strange man holding a knife to her and she ran inside her home to call police. She then claims this man came into her house and she was forced to grab her gun from her nightstand and when he came closer, she shot him dead. Wow, what a hero she makes herself out to be and in reality, she's just a coward and a cold-blooded killer who has the mentality of a child. 

So this old, fat woman collecting disability told police she got away from a younger man holding a knife to her and she expected someone to believe this? Oh Pam, you did not think any of this through, did you? What makes this even more hilarious is by doing this and getting caught, she fully implicated herself in Betsy's murder. Why else would she bother with such an elaborate hoax?

Pam was arrested. Having access to a pen, Pam went to the restroom at the police station and stabbed herself in the wrists and neck (just like how Betsy died), but as with everything Pam does, she failed to rid the world of her sorry ass existence. She was taken to the hospital and treated. 

From what has been reported, it seems that Pam may have carried out this murder as a way to deflect pressure from police who have likely re-opened the Faria case. It has also been stated that police re-examined Hupp's mother's death and found no wrongdoing however, most people (online), are convinced Pam helped push her mother to an early grave.

Now that Pam is behind bars, it will be interesting if her husband says something to the media or to the police. Who knows what twists and turns are ahead but if the past in any indication of the future, this is going to get even more interesting.