I’m going to start this story off by saying that you SHOULD be innocent until proven guilty. I’m also going to let you know that the accused was the victim in this case – a victim of a narcissistic woman with sociopathic and histrionic tendencies. This is an example of what some women will go through to get attention.
Meet Jo Anne Chambers
Meet Paula Nawrocki
Two seemingly ordinary women, first grade teachers at Coolbaugh Learning Center in the Poconos, who led seemingly ordinary lives. That was until the principal began to receive hate mail directed at Jo Anne Chambers in 1993. The letters were threatening, sexual in nature, and contained information only Jo Anne could have known.
For 10 months, the harassing letters got worse and worse.
Doctored, nude photos of Jo Anne were also distributed, and parents received letters stating that Jo Anne was molesting her students.
One day, while Jo Anne was giving a lesson, she sat down at her desk and discovered that there was feces all over her desk and chair. (Seriously? She is unstable enough that she played with poop??)
In one instance, a letter called the school superintendent “Colonel Klink”, which was a nickname that other teachers heard Paula Nawrocki use. Because of this, Paula was now a prime suspected. Although she maintained her innocence, and allowed police to search her home, she failed a polygraph.
Paula was arrested and charged with over 100 counts of Stalking, Harassment, Simple and Aggravated Assault, Making Terroristic Threats, and Endangering the Life of Joanne Chambers. Little did the police know that the stalker was Jo Anne Chambers, a mentally unstable lunatic, who was doing this all to herself.
What do you do when you are wrongfully accused of a crime? Hire PI to help clear your name.
Meanwhile, at the police station, the forensic analyst was busy swabbing the back of the stamps used to send the threatening letters. They compared the DNA found on the swab to a sample from Paula Nawrocki and there was no match.
The PI discovered that Jo Anne had experienced a similar “stalking” incident years ago in another school district. He was now sure that Jo Anne was the alleged stalker, but needed to obtain her DNA to prove it. The PI dug through her trash, looking for something that may contain her DNA
To the dismay of many, the DNA recovered from Jo Anne’s trash, matched the DNA found on the back of the stamp. Paula Nawrocki was aquitted, after spending nearly $100,000 in legal fees. Did I mention that she had to pay for the DNA testing??
Narcissistic, sociopathic and histrionic tendencies are common with female criminals. Susan Smith had Narcissistic Delusions. Andrea Yates said that Satan spoke to her. It’s possible that Jo Anne doesn’t even realize that she committed these slanderous acts.
To this day, Jo Anne adamantly denies stalking herself, despite the proof of DNA evidence. I think that Jo Anne Chambers has the potential to be more harmful to society than she was to poor Paula. Why? Jo Anne Chambers is a free woman.
Although Paula sued Jo Anne Chambers, the Police Department, and the Pocono Mountain School District, Ms. Chambers was never formally charged of a crime. You have to wonder about our judicial system when we are guilty until proven innocent, and the lunatic criminal goes free. Both Paula nad Jo Anne still teach elementary school students – at different schools, of course.
Watch this story on Forensic Files, HERE.
