Papi Killed Mommy

By NIKKI

Papi Killed Mommy is a raw true crime podcast about the night my mother was murdered - and how the truth was buried for years. I was just 10 years old, but I never forgot what really happened.

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Number 1: 21. SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING
EPISODE 21: SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING At 1:36 a.m. on July 9, 1993, a one-minute telephone call was placed from our Sedona home—just minutes before Russell Peterson called 911 while my mother, Stacy Marie Wasilishin, lay dying. Where did that call go? Who answered? What was said? And why wasn't it investigated when the evidence and memories were still fresh? The itemized telephone bill shows that the call went to a Glendale number ending in 7991. My grandmother's original, unredacted 1993 case file lists that exact same number as the home telephone number of Russell's father, Kenneth Peterson. Exact number. Exact match. But the current case file redacts the telephone numbers, and I have found no report documenting that investigators interviewed the recipient or established what was said during that critical one-minute call. The Sedona Police Department did not obtain the telephone bill directly from U.S. West. They waited approximately 96 days for Russell to bring in the evidence himself. The call was not meaningfully revisited until 2025—32 years after my mother's homicide—when a modern database produced conflicting information and the people involved were asked to remember a one-minute call from more than three decades earlier. That conflict does not erase what the original police file says. It makes finding the actual 1993 directory even more important. In this episode, I place the records side by side, explain what they prove—and what they do not prove—and break down the questions investigators should have asked in 1993. I am asking for the public's help locating an original 1993 Phoenix/Glendale residential White Pages directory. Not the Yellow Pages. Not another modern reverse-number search. I need the physical directory or a verifiable archival copy that can establish exactly how this number and Kenneth Peterson were listed in 1993. A QUICK NOTE: I have already contacted the Phoenix Public Library, the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, and the Library of Congress—but I am grateful for every suggestion and lead. If you work for a library, archive, historical society, university, genealogy organization, or simply know someone who might have saved an old phone book, please help me locate a 1993 Phoenix/Glendale residential White Pages directory. If you have any information or another place you think I should contact, please email me at [email protected]. Somebody out there may have exactly what I need. Please help me find it. If you have access to one, Send clear photographs of the cover, publication year, directory area, and relevant listing pages. Please do not post addresses or private telephone information publicly. I also welcome Sarah Lambert, author of the Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) Field Guide, as a sponsor. Sarah is independently reviewing my mother's case and raising important questions about the crime scene, timeline, evidence handling, blood samples, weapon, and an unidentified purse found inside the home. Learn more or purchase the CSI Field Guide: Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) Field Guide: Lambert, Sarah: 9781032822891: Amazon.com: Books Dateline has now confirmed coverage of my mother's homicide, and I will soon sit down for an on-camera interview. As more experts, journalists, advocates, and listeners examine this case, the circle of people who may know something is beginning to feel the pressure. My sister believes her father will never confess—not even on his deathbed—and that only she could obtain a confrontation call or confession. I beg to differ. My sister is not the only door. Witnesses are doors. Evidence is a door. This 1:36 a.m. call is a door. National attention is a door. Somebody else's conscience may be the door that finally opens. If you have information about Stacy's death, do not confront anyone yourself. Contact: Sedona Police Department non-emergency line: 928-282-3100 https://www.sedonaaz.gov/departments/police Yavapai County Attorney's Office: 928-771-3344 https://www.yavapaiaz.gov/County-Attorney Somebody knows something. I am not going to stop until we reach the person who does. CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses homicide, possible evidence mishandling, domestic violence, childhood trauma, and contains strong language.
September 09, 202629min
Number 2: Trailer
I was 10 years old when my mother was murdered. The man who did it is still free. This isn't just a true crime podcast — it's my real life. If you believe in justice, subscribe to Papi Killed Mommy Support the show
June 14, 20251min
Number 3: 20. Exploited? This is MY Story Too
EPISODE 20: EXPLOITED? THIS IS MY STORY TOO. CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses homicide, domestic violence, childhood trauma, family estrangement, and contains strong language. Where does advocacy end—and exploitation begin? After six years of silence, I finally received a message from my younger sister. But it wasn't the reunion I had hoped for. She told me she was afraid that anything and everything between us would be "exploited for more views and followers." That accusation cut deep. In this episode, I respond—not to shame my sister or expose the private details of her present-day life, but because I need to confront an impossible question: How do I tell the truth about our shared childhood trauma without telling part of her story? Thirty-three years ago, two little girls lost their mother. I was ten. My sister was three. We sat beside each other in the back of a Sedona Police Department vehicle while my little sister repeatedly tried to tell the adults around us what she had witnessed: "Papi killed Mommy." Her voice can be heard on the 911 recording. Her words appear throughout the police reports. Her role in that night cannot be erased from the evidence—but neither can mine. This is her story, but it is also my story. Mom was her mother, and she was my mother too. There is a difference between discussing the documented events surrounding my mother Stacy Marie Wasilishin's homicide and exposing every private detail of my sister's life today. I can respect that boundary. I can leave the door open for her to speak someday, in her own words and on her own terms. But I will not stop telling our mother's story. I can not erase my sister from my memories. I can not erase her voice from the 911 call. I will not ignore what she reportedly told police because those words may be among the most important pieces of evidence in our mother's case. And I will not erase myself from this story either. Since Episode 19, my mother's case has reached places I once could only dream about. Senator Mark Kelly's office has formally received my request for assistance and is reviewing the case. Crime Junkie requested access to the case materials I assembled. Joseph Scott Morgan followed me and may examine the forensic evidence for Body Bags. An independent journalist is producing an Arizona Unsolved mini-documentary about Mom's case. My podcast crossed approximately 300,000 downloads and entered the Apple Podcasts charts for a fourth time. And I have an interview scheduled with Dateline Digital. I am also officially taking my mother's story to AdvocacyCon in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Thanks to several extraordinary people who believed in what I am doing, Mom will have her own booth—her face, her case, and her name placed in front of investigators, journalists, legal professionals, victim advocates, content creators, and families fighting battles of their own. In this episode, I also pull back the curtain on what advocacy really costs: the unanswered emails, stalled media pitches, false hope, personal expenses, exhaustion, and the emotional toll of repeatedly asking strangers to care about the worst night of my life. I am a preschool teacher. I am an independent podcaster. I am the daughter of a murdered woman. I do not have a television network, production company, podcast network, or public-relations department funding this fight. It is me behind this microphone. It is me writing the emails, organizing the evidence, contacting the media, filling out submission forms, recording the episodes, editing the audio, and continuing to say my mother's name. This episode includes breakthroughs, disappointments, two new sponsors, a painful confrontation with my father, and one promise holding everything together: I did not sacrifice my privacy so I could steal my sister's. I did it because silence was protecting everybody except Mom. This is not exploitation. This is advocacy. This is a daughter refusing to let her murdered mother be forgotten. And this is my story too. HELP ME KEEP MOM'S CASE MOVING: Submit Stacy Marie Wasilishin's case to Crime Junkie: Suggest a Case Submit Mom's case to Dateline: Have a story to share with Dateline? Submit it here. Contact AZFamily Investigates: Contact Investigations Email ABC15 and ask its reporters to investigate the homicide of Stacy Marie Wasilishin: [email protected] Email 12News/KPNX and ask the newsroom to investigate the homicide of Stacy Marie Wasilishin: [email protected] Email Phoenix New Times and ask its newsroom to investigate the homicide of Stacy Marie Wasilishin: [email protected] Email The Arizona Republic/azcentral and ask its newsroom to investigate the homicide of Stacy Marie Wasilishin: [email protected] You can also submit an investigative tip here: https://static.azcentral.com/watchdog-tips/ Learn more about AdvocacyCon: AdvocacyCon 2026 | Crime Advocacy Conference, Albuquerque NM BECOME A PAPI KILLED MOMMY INSIDER: Subscribe through Apple Podcasts for exclusive episodes, personal updates, and unheard material, A seven-day free trial is available. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papi-killed-mommy/id1820673703 BUY ME A COFFEE—or, realistically, a sugar-free Red Bull: If you'd like to fuel the late-night recording, research, editing, and advocacy behind Papi Killed Mommy, you can support me here: https://cash.app/$NicoleWasilishin Every little bit helps me keep the microphone on and keep saying my mother's name. SPONSOR PAPI KILLED MOMMY: If you are interested in sponsoring the podcast or helping me build my independent media company, email me: [email protected] Every listen, rating, review, share, case submission, and conversation helps put my mother's name—and the evidence in her case—in front of someone new. If the courtroom won't, the public will. Be my mother's grand jury.
September 01, 20261h 5min
Number 4: Papi Killed Mommy Insider
What exactly is Papi Killed Mommy Insider—and what do YOU want to hear? In this bonus episode, I'm introducing my brand-new Apple Podcasts subscription and revealing the three subscriber-only pieces already waiting for you: • The original Episode 1 that Sarah Turney told me to rewrite and re-record • The cleaned-up audio from my very first video about my mother's case • The original Papi Killed Mommy trailer that I created—and then rejected But the archives are only the beginning. I want Insider to become a place for behind-the-scenes stories, previously unreleased material, Q&A episodes, true-crime discussions, animal-welfare rabbit holes, controversial topics, and anything else you want me to research or talk about. Do you want me to discuss another true-crime case? Ive struggled with this, but I'll really try to talk other cases if that's what you want to hear... Do you want to talk about animal welfare? Let's do it. Do you have a topic you want to debate? Bring it on. Do you want a Q&A episode? Ask me anything. I also preview an upcoming Insider episode with the completely ridiculous—but entirely accurate—title: "Mary Poppins, Murdered Women & Why We Don't Boil Crabs Alive." Yes, cyberbullying, murdered women, animal sentience, and the humane treatment of crabs somehow belong in the same episode. You'll have to trust me. Most importantly, the regular Papi Killed Mommy podcast is not going behind a paywall. My mother's story, case developments, evidence, and continuing fight for justice will remain available to everyone. Insider is simply extra. It's archival material. It's behind-the-scenes material. It's experimental episodes. It's Q&As. It's new topics that you ask me to explore. It's a way for the people who want more to get more while directly supporting what I'm trying to build. I currently have my first three subscribers, and I cannot thank you enough for taking a chance on this with me. A subscription costs $4.99 per month. After Apple's commission, approximately $3.50 from each subscription comes to me. That means reaching 29 subscribers would generate roughly $100 per month before taxes. Twenty-nine people. That's my first goal. Maybe six months from now, we'll have 60 subscribers—and this little experiment will bring in an extra $200 every month. You have no idea how much that would help me continue researching, writing, recording, editing, advocating, and building these shows. Between Papi Killed Mommy and my charting children's podcast, Nanny Nikki's Imagination Station, I may have accidentally taken on a third show. Apparently, my current business model is murder and preschool adventures. Honestly, if you know me, that tracks. I'm also looking for sponsors for both podcasts. If you own a business, work for one, or know someone whose company might fit either my adult true-crime audience or the families listening to Nanny Nikki's Imagination Station, please reach out. I offer personalized, host-read sponsorships that can be tailored to your business and whichever audience makes the most sense. I'm especially interested in connecting with businesses in Cave Creek, Carefree, North Scottsdale, and the surrounding Arizona communities. Maybe five years from now, we'll revisit this episode and laugh about the time I cold-pitched 35 businesses, couldn't land my first sponsor, and had absolutely no idea how to build a media company. But a year ago, I didn't know how to build a podcast either—and, now I have two charting shows. So, I'm pressing the next button. What would make you subscribe? What should I pull from the archives? What have you always wanted to ask me? Which cases, debates, or completely random subjects should I explore? The sky's the limit. Bring it on. 🎧 Become a Papi Killed Mommy Insider: Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts 🚂 Listen to Nanny Nikki's Imagination Station: Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts 💵 Buy Nikki a sugar-free Red Bull: Cash App: $NicoleWasilishin 💼 Sponsorship inquiries, questions, and episode suggestions: [email protected] Thank you for supporting my work—and for continuing to say my mother's name: Stephanie "Stacy" Marie Wasilishin.
August 26, 202627min
Number 5: How Do I Turn Two Chart Topping Podcasts into a Paycheck?
How do I turn two charting podcasts, more than 332,000 downloads, and hundreds of thousands of social-media followers into an actual paycheck? I have built the audience. I have built the studio. I have created two Apple-charting podcasts. I am also the person behind the computer doing nearly everything. I research. I write. I record. I edit. I publish. I create the artwork. I promote the episodes. I answer messages and comments. I contact journalists. I pitch businesses. I study the analytics. I manage the social-media accounts. This has become a second full-time job—one that currently provides me with practically no meaningful income. In this deeply personal bonus episode, I talk about the emotional fight with my dad that forced me to confront that reality. Papi Killed Mommy has become a recognized true-crime and advocacy platform, but I still haven't figured out how to turn everything I have built into a sustainable business. This is not a woe-is-me episode. I am not asking anyone to rescue me. I am genuinely asking for information, connections, sponsorship opportunities, brand partnerships, publishing guidance, and help connecting the dots. Hell maybe a manager??? Any takers? After my breakdown, I created a four-page professional media kit and cold-pitched approximately 35 local Cave Creek and Arizona businesses. By the time I recorded this episode, the score was: 35 pitches sent. TWO no. I got a second no after recording. Very sad. One maybe. Thirty-two possibilities still open. My immediate goal is to generate approximately $1,000 to $1,500 a month from my podcasts, original stories, sponsorships, memberships, and social-media platforms. That would allow me to reduce my school schedule to approximately 20 hours a week—and dedicate another 20 hours each week to working in my studio. Maybe, five years from now, I could eventually make this my primary career. The thought of completely walking away from my school breaks my heart because Nanny Nikki's Imagination Station is fed by the children, creativity, stories, and experiences I encounter as a Pre-K teacher. I don't want to lose that part of myself. But part-time? Part-time would give me the balance I desperately need. Twenty hours with the children. Twenty hours building the business. Twenty hours creating something that could eventually support me. HELP ME UNLOCK SPOTIFY SUBSCRIPTIONS At the time I recorded this episode, Nanny Nikki's Imagination Station was only 76 Spotify followers away from unlocking the ability to offer paid subscriptions and exclusive bonus content. Following is completely free. You are not being asked to purchase a subscription. If you use Spotify, please follow Nanny Nikki's Imagination Station here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ooZH22U6cBeohp7UwARnL?si=039742abb91146d8 NANNY NIKKI'S IMAGINATION STATION I don't want to put all my eggs into the Papi Killed Mommy basket. Papi Killed Mommy is my advocacy and my fight for justice. Nanny Nikki's Imagination Station is where I can build something from my own imagination. I have written five original children's stories, including The Hidden Library and The Lost Mapmaker. The next installment will be The Door Beyond the Library. My goal is to develop these connected adventures into complete books, continuing series, community readings, museum programming, educational events, and original bonus content for children and families. I don't want to profit from the worst thing that ever happened to my family. I want to earn money from my own writing, my own voice, my own imagination, and the platform I worked so hard to create. SPONSORSHIPS, BRAND DEALS AND BUSINESS CONNECTIONS Are you a business owner, marketing professional, podcast advertiser, brand representative, publisher, sponsorship specialist, or someone who understands how to turn an audience into a sustainable business? I want to hear from you. To discuss host-read advertising, social-media promotion, cross-podcast campaigns, publishing opportunities, brand partnerships, or to request my complete four-page media kit, email: [email protected] BUY ME A COFFEE—OR A SUGAR-FREE RED BULL If either podcast has meant something to you and you would like to support my work while I build a permanent membership program, you can buy me a coffee through Cash App. Although, in all reality, my favorite form of caffeine in the summmer in AZ is a sugar-free Red Bull. If you want to send me a case of those, I definitely will not say no. Cash App: $NicoleWasilishin https://cash.app/$NicoleWasilishin FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK https://www.tiktok.com/@papikilledmommy I built the platform. I built the audience. I proved that people will listen. Now I need to learn how to build the business. Can YOU Help? At this point I think I need a manager...Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
August 23, 202637min