Lawrencia Ann "Bambi" Bembenek, known as Laurie Bembenek, was an American police officer convicted of murdering her husband's ex-wife. Her story garnered national attention after she escaped from Taycheedah Correctional Institution and was recaptured in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, an episode that inspired books, movies, and the slogan "Run, Bambi, Run". Upon winning a new trial, she pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and was sentenced to time served and ten years' probation in December 1992. Four years later, she sought to have the sentence overturned.