Murder of Lisa Taodora Kopf (Monika Wiley)

On the night of August 4, 1998, 17-year-old Lisa Kopf and her 15-year-old sister left their home in Callingwood neighborhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The two would go to a house party near 102 Street and 132 Avenue. At 4:30 am Lisa would leave the party on her own. It's not stated or unknown why she left the party alone.

At 10 am a farmer feeding his cattle discovered Lisa’s body in a slough near 186 Street and 118 Avenue. She was lying face down in the mud in a slough. Her death was brutal as her face was held down into the mud until she suffocated to death. She had no drugs or alcohol in her system. She was not sexually assaulted and they may not have been the motive.

One od the early news article stated that there was a call to police around 5:20 am about a suspicious person near an abandoned building a few hundred meters away from where Lisa was found. It's not stated if this person was found or if they suspect that this person saw or knows anything about the murder.

It was stated that she was also using the name Monika Wiley.   


SOURCES:

Edmonton Police Service

Edmonton Journal August 7, 1998

Edmonton Journal August 9, 1998

Edmonton Journal November 5, 1998

Edmonton Journal Feb 2, 2018