Father of adopted girl in Robinson murder case files lawsuit
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Posted on Wed, Jan. 30, 2002
Father of adopted girl in Robinson murder case files lawsuit
By SCOTT CANON
The Kansas City Star
Carl Stasi last saw his daughter when she was just an infant. Now she's on
the verge of adulthood, a curious footnote to a sensational murder case
involving her long-missing mother.
On Tuesday, Stasi filed suit against the man charged with murdering the
girl's mother -- suspected serial killer John E. Robinson Sr. His suit also
seeks damages from Truman Medical Center and a social worker Stasi accuses
of leading Robinson to his wife and daughter.
He seeks a total of $50 million from the hospital and social worker Karen
Gaddis for the loss of companionship with his wife and daughter and
unspecified damages from Robinson for his wife's wrongful death.
His daughter has been raised as Heather Robinson by the alleged murderer's
brother and sister-in-law. Even though her whereabouts was discovered in
the summer of 2000 after John Robinson's arrest in a series of murders,
Stasi has yet to see the teen-ager.
Born Sept. 3, 1984, Tiffany Lynn Stasi was the product of a troubled
marriage between Carl Stasi and the former Lisa Elledge, then 19. He was
living apart from his wife and baby and was about to enter the Navy when
they disappeared.
He has spoken to his daughter only by telephone, he said in a brief
interview this week.
"She blames me for what happened," Stasi said.
By several accounts, Robinson went to hospitals and social service agencies
in the Kansas City area in late 1984 saying he and a few other businessmen
wanted to help unwed mothers.
Gaddis told The Kansas City Star in 2000 that Robinson approached her when
she was employed at Truman as a social worker. She was suspicious of him
because he seemed to be seeking white mothers and not black mothers.
The lawsuit alleges that Gaddis led Robinson to Lisa Stasi in 1984. Gaddis
was not available for comment Tuesday.
Carl Stasi's relatives and government investigators who looked into Lisa
and Tiffany Stasi's disappearance at the time said Robinson approached the
young mother with an offer of free lodging and job training. Relatives last
saw the mother and infant on Jan. 9, 1985.
Lisa Stasi hasn't been seen since. Robinson is charged with her murder and
the killings of five other women. He is also charged with Tiffany Stasi's
kidnapping.
A court filing by Johnson County District Attorney Paul Morrison contends
that "Robinson had told his brother...that he would help find a baby for
his brother's family to adopt."
Prosecutors have accepted the brother's account that Robinson told him the
girl's mother had committed suicide. DNA tests have established that Carl
Stasi is the girl's father.
In his lawsuit, Stasi said the actions of Truman and its social worker had
denied him "a meaningful relationship...with his child." As a result, the
suit contends, he has had to seek "medical treatment...for the emotional
and psychological problems associated with dealing with his family's
disappearance and loss."
Richard D. Simpson, chief litigation counsel for Truman, declined to
comment on the suit. A statement released by the hospital said: "Mr. Stasi
has...made prior statements, both in the media and through lawyers, which
were inaccurate and not well-founded. We do not believe there is any
connection between the care Lisa Stasi received here at Truman and the
terrible events which took place much later."
Carl Stasi's lawyer, Seth Shumaker, stuck by the suit's allegations.
"With our investigation, we found that what (Truman) would like to be
inaccurate is, unfortunately, accurate," he said.
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"..and that you may never experience the
humility that the power of the American Government
has reduced me to, is the wish of him, who, in his
native forests, was once as proud and bold as yourself."
Black Hawk, 1833
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I'm not sure Carl Stasi has the right defendants in his suit. The
"social workers" currently at Truman Medical Center are employed by
the Missouri Division of Family Services (DFS), or the CPS of
Missouri. Stasi is suing Truman and the particular individual social
worker.
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