Gary Wilson
Real Name: Gary Daniel Wilson
Aliases: No known aliases
Wanted For: Murder
Missing Since: June 1996
Case[]
Details: Twenty-nine-year-old Gary Wilson was described as quiet and easy-going; he was a part-time student who always wanted to be an attorney. However, he is now on the wrong side of the law, wanted for the murder of his best friend's husband, thirty-six-year-old Marek Kosciukiewicz. He met Marek's wife, Alicja, in 1994 when they were taking classes at a technical college in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. For her, then pregnant with her second child, the friendship was strictly platonic. Wilson apparently believed otherwise.
In December 1995, Wilson helped Marek and Alicja move from Calgary to Katy, Texas. Just a few months later, he also moved to a nearby apartment without their knowledge. On June 15, 1996, Marek suddenly disappeared while Alicja and their sons were visiting relatives in Poland. Six days later on June 21, Wilson also dropped from sight. That same day, his car was found abandoned at his parents' home in Calgary.
A friend of Wilson's in Calgary later went to the police with a letter from him. In it, he confessed to killing Marek. He claimed that, while at Marek's house, he questioned the paternity of Alicja's second child. Marek left the room and then returned and tried to attack him with a hammer. He claimed that he was able to wrestle it away from him and hit him in self-defense. He then choked him to death with a hanger. He claimed that he then dismembered his body and disposed of it in a bush along an Oklahoma highway. He did this to make it look like Marek abandoned his family. Police later found blood in the Kosciukiewicz home. However, his remains were not located. In September, an arrest warrant was issued for Wilson; he remains at large.
Extra Notes:
- This case first aired as a Special Bulletin on the January 10, 1997 episode.
- It was excluded from the FilmRise release of the series.
Wilson after his release
Results: Captured. In May 1997, Wilson turned himself in to police in Calgary. Three years later, he was returned to Texas to stand trial. For unknown reasons, his friend who received the confession letter refused to come to Texas to testify. Wilson maintained that he killed Marek in self-defense, and that Marek was abusive toward Alicja. In 2001, Wilson pleaded guilty to Marek's murder and was sentenced to twenty years in prison. He was released on parole in 2006 and then deported back to Canada. He later wrote a fictionalized account of his time on the run. Sadly, no trace of Marek's body was ever found.
Links:
- Calgary man suspected in Texas slaying - July 3, 1996
- Clues offered in murder probe - July 4, 1996
- Police scour Oklahoma for body - July 19, 1996
- Police hunting for body, suspect in Texas slaying - July 19, 1996
- Canadian friend sought in man's disappearance - September 13, 1996
- Police look for Canadian friend in disappearance - September 13, 1996
- Canadian suspected - September 13, 1996
- Investigators suspect analyst was killed by jealous friend - September 13, 1996
- Details of grisly murder set out - May 17, 1997
- Calgarian may be charged in death of friend in Texas - May 18, 1997
- Canadian faces extradition, Texas murder charge - May 19, 1997
- Calgarian's murder trial begins in U.S. - May 19, 1997
- Murder suspect not seeking bail - May 23, 1997
- Calgary man's murder trial postponed - June 19, 2001
- Lack of witness causes delay in murder trial - May 16, 2001
- Judge here to rule on reluctant Canadian witness - October 1, 2001
- Canadian receives 20 year sentence in murder case - October 8, 2001
- Canadian sentenced to 20 years in prison for U.S. murder - October 9, 2001
- Calgarian's novel is fictionalized account of life on the run after Texas love triangle killing - June 9, 2008