071 - The Horrifying Murder of Paula Sladewski

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Twenty-six year old Paula Sladewski was making plans. After several attempts at a modeling career, leading to some success, she wanted to get back in the game and see what could happen. She hoped to start moving on her plan after she returned from her New Years Eve trip, but unfortunately, Paula would never make it back.

Along with her boyfriend, Kevin, Paula flew to Miami, Florida to see a New Year's Eve concert, after which the couple planned to spend a few days on south beach before heading home. They'd had their problems in the past, but somehow, the couple had always found their way through it. The concert went well, and things were moving smoothly until the morning of January 3rd, 2010.
Paula and Kevin attended Club Space, a nightlife hotspot in North Miami. After a few hours of drinking and dancing, Kevin tried to get Paula to leave but she wanted to stay. Kevin was ultimately thrown out of the club and took a cab back to their hotel room. Paula exited shortly after, was engaged in conversation by a man and disappeared.

When Kevin awoke and found Paula missing, he began trying to find her, spoke to police and even hired a private investigator. Police didn't seem overly concerned about a young woman who had been missing for only a few hours. When Sunday night came, police had their hands full with a terrible crime scene: someone had been placed in a dumpster and burned so severely that the individual was completely unrecognizable.

While police tried to solve their murder case, and Kevin tried to locate Paula, neither side knew that they were working on the same case.

Who murdered Paula Sladewski and burned the beautiful young woman beyond recognition? Join host Steven Pacheco as he explores this disturbing and haunting case.

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0:00.0	26-year-old Paulus Laduski was a beautiful young woman who turned heads everywhere she went,
0:14.2	a model whose photos had drawn a great deal of attention with her waist-length blonde hair
0:19.3	and piercing blue eyes. She hadn't quite broken through into stardom yet,
0:24.2	but she believed she'd make it eventually, and after a vacation to Miami for New Year's Eve,
0:30.0	2009, she wanted to give modeling one more shot. Excited by the prospect of celebrating the
0:36.8	New Year at a Lady Gaga concert, she and boyfriend Kevin Klin flew from Michigan to Miami and began a
0:43.3	weekend of partying, eventually ending up at the hot spot of Miami, Club Space. After two hours of
0:51.2	dancing and drinking at the club, Kevin tried to get Paula to leave, which led to an altercation,
0:56.9	and Kevin ultimately being ejected from the club. Unsure of where to go or what to do,
1:02.8	Kevin took a taxi back to the hotel. Paula walked out just minutes later and disappeared into the
1:09.4	Misty Miami morning. Kevin awoke to find Paula hadn't returned to their hotel room and began a
1:15.9	frantic search for her. Meanwhile, across town, police responded to the scene of a body having
1:22.8	been set on fire in a dumpster. The individual had been burned so severely, only the medical
1:29.0	examiner could even determine whether it was a man or a woman. Two days later, Kevin and the
1:35.2	North Miami police would confirm that the body was Paula's. This is Trace Evidence, episode 71,
1:43.0	The Horrifying Murder of Paula Sledusky.
1:52.3	Welcome to Trace Evidence, I'm your host, Steven Pacheco. Today, we examine the unsolved
1:58.4	murder of Paula Sledusky, a case suggested by a listener Paula Noel, before getting into the case,
2:05.6	just a few notes about the show. Trace Evidence is a weekly true crime podcast focused on unsolved
2:12.3	murders and disappearances examining a different case each Monday. If you have questions, comments,
2:19.4	or case suggestions, email me at traceevidencepod at gmail.com. Follow me on Twitter at Trace Ev Pod,
2:28.4	on Instagram at TraceevidencePod or join the Facebook discussion group simply by searching for Trace
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