THE DARK SIDE OF NEBRASKA
Robin Siefker
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photo courtesy NDCS
Full Name: Robin Siefker
DOB: December 20, 1968
Charge: Manslaughter
County: Lancaster
City: Lincoln
Current Status: Released
Date of Crime: November 28, 2002
Victim: Heather Poppe
DOB: December 20, 1968
Charge: Manslaughter
County: Lancaster
City: Lincoln
Current Status: Released
Date of Crime: November 28, 2002
Victim: Heather Poppe
Heather Poppe, courtesy Lincoln Journal Star
Driver in head-on collision left a will and a suicide note with a friend. Robin Siefker then swallowed pills and tequila before driving his pickup the wrong way on Interstate 80, killing the 19-year old driver of another car. Heather Poppe of Milford died instantly early Thanksgiving morning, 2002, when her 1994 Mustang collided head-on with Robin's 1998 Dodge Ram.
In the hours before the collision, Lincoln police received a telephone call from a female friend of Robin's who said that the man's wife told her that he had threatened to kill himself earlier in the day. Robin argued with his wife that day and afterward visited the friend. He gave the woman a briefcase he said contained instructions on dividing his property among his children, among other financial records. The woman later told authorities that Robin had a nearly full bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila in the truck and drove in a "crazy" manner.
Investigators later learned Robin's wife got a phone call from him later that evening. Robin told her he was calling because he "wanted her to know what dying feels like." He refused to tell her where he was. His vehicle collided with Heather's car just west of Lincoln at about 12:40 AM on November 28. Robin, who was thrown from the pickup, was treated at the hospital. Hospital personnel found pills in his stomach. Authorities recovered an empty tequila bottle and two bottles of prescription pills - Paxil and Wellbutrin - from his pickup.
In addition, a search warrant executed on the briefcase left with Robin's friend uncovered a suicide note and will as well as tax and business records left in the care of his attorney.
In the hours before the collision, Lincoln police received a telephone call from a female friend of Robin's who said that the man's wife told her that he had threatened to kill himself earlier in the day. Robin argued with his wife that day and afterward visited the friend. He gave the woman a briefcase he said contained instructions on dividing his property among his children, among other financial records. The woman later told authorities that Robin had a nearly full bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila in the truck and drove in a "crazy" manner.
Investigators later learned Robin's wife got a phone call from him later that evening. Robin told her he was calling because he "wanted her to know what dying feels like." He refused to tell her where he was. His vehicle collided with Heather's car just west of Lincoln at about 12:40 AM on November 28. Robin, who was thrown from the pickup, was treated at the hospital. Hospital personnel found pills in his stomach. Authorities recovered an empty tequila bottle and two bottles of prescription pills - Paxil and Wellbutrin - from his pickup.
In addition, a search warrant executed on the briefcase left with Robin's friend uncovered a suicide note and will as well as tax and business records left in the care of his attorney.
Source: Butch Mabin, SSRI Stories
