Mistaken Identity: The murders of Charlisa Clark and Pasquale Del Sordo + finishing up true crime novel, Burning Bridges.
The Art of the Lake event in Battle Lake was cancelled this year, but they graciously invited me to sell books at the farmers market last Saturday. Similar to all three arts events I sold books at last year, it rained until 9:00 a.m. and then was nice. I ended up selling a bunch of books. It was nice to be outside, talking to people, even if we kept our social distance and most wore masks.
It’s been a busy summer with moving the girls to Washington, constantly adjusting to the new rules at work, and writing book 5 in the Jon Frederick series, Burning Bridges. Kloe Kapsner will be on a railroad bridge on the cover and Elise Yates is standing behind the dam in Little Falls for the back cover shot. In one of our failed efforts, the smoke bomb Elise was holding started on fire in her hand. Fortunately, she released it immediately and she wasn’t hurt.
Kloe Kapsner 
Elise Yates Mistaken Identity: The murders of Charlisa Clark and Pasquale Del Sordo
April 18, 2000, a 3 year old boy, Eugene, is discovered bloody and wandering the street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. When an officer returns him home, he finds Pasquale Del Sordo and Charlisa Clark bludgeoned to death. There was no sign of forced entry and nothing was missing from the apartment. There was a great deal of anger displayed in this homicide, as the two were beat to death with a baseball bat. Pasquale was an award winning carpenter who loved to woodwork. Charlisa had a great reputation as being artistic and a kind volunteer. (I couldn’t find a picture of Charlisa, or I would have included it). Pasquale is pictured below:
Pasquale Del Sordo A leucocrystal violet (LCV) light was used by crime scene techs to examine the scene. Leucocrystal violet turns anything that comes in contact with blood purple. There was a large amount of blood splatter above the bed. The saddest revelation was the bloody footprints which told the story of the 3 year old’s morning. They followed his footprints to each of his parents, as the boy tried to wake them. When he couldn’t, his footprints went into the kitchen where he poured himself a bowl of cereal and waited for his parents. Eventually, the boy wandered outside to find someone.
A palm print was found on the baseball bat. Unfortunately, palm prints aren’t in a database.
Initial Suspects:
The obvious suspect was Charlisa’s ex-boyfriend (Eugene’s father) who was reportedly abusive. He was denied visitation with his son. His mother was his alibi. He was given a polygraph examination. While it wasn’t clear if he committed the murder, he appeared to hiding something.
Pasquale’s father, Flavio Del Sordo, oddly managed to show up at the murder scene the next morning, even though he claimed he didn’t know where Charlisa lived. Flavio was angry over his son’s murder and refused to take a polygraph.
The palm print didn’t match either suspect. The case went cold, and the investigators were assigned new cases.
A tip came in, indicating that a man in chemical dependency treatment said that Carl Ernest Hall admitted to beating Charlisa and Pasquale to death, when purging his sins in chemical dependency treatment. Hall had come to the apartment because was upset over being ripped off during a past drug deal with a man named Paul. Hall entered the apartment by climbing the fire escape and pulling up a window. What Hall didn’t realize is that Paul no longer lived in the apartment. Charlisa had moved into the apartment after Paul left. The murders were a case of mistaken identity.
Carl Hall Carl Hall was already in custody in connection with the rape and murder of Jacqueline McLean, 35, who was beaten to death with a steel bar in a Hamilton apartment on Aug. 20, 2001. Hall had been arrested on March 16, 2002. Carl Hall’s palm print matched the print on the baseball bat.
In 2007, Carl Hall pled guilty to two counts of 2nd Degree Murder for the murders of Charlisa Clark, 24, and Pasquale Delsordo, 25. He was given concurrent life sentences, in addition to the life sentence he was serving for the murder of Jackie McLean.
Jackie McLean Jackie McLean had planned to enter chemical dependency treatment the next day. It is suspected that he beat her to death and had sex with her after she died. Hall admits having sex with her, but stated, “What bothers me is that they’re saying I raped her. That’s retarded. It was consensual. I’m not a rapist … I mean, why would I beat some crack whore to death? And necrophilia, that’s ridiculous.” At the trial, evidence was presented that Hall had, soon after McLean’s death, visited his female partner and told her he needed to get out of town right away because he had done something bad. A waitress had witnessed Hall and McLean arguing close to Big Lisa’s Bar on the night of Jackie’s murder. However, Carl Hall was eventually acquitted of Jackie’s murder. Hall smirked at Jackie’s family after the ruling. Jackie’s sister angrily told him, “You got off on my sister and you got off in court.” Hall still admits killing Charlisa and Pasquale and is still serving life sentences for those murders.
Eugene (the 3 year old boy, back in 2000), reports talking to his mother every night before he goes to sleep. He was raised by his maternal grandmother, and despite this tragedy, is doing well. Resilience. God bless him…
Thanks for listening,
Frank
It’s been a busy summer with moving the girls to Washington, constantly adjusting to the new rules at work, and writing book 5 in the Jon Frederick series, Burning Bridges. Kloe Kapsner will be on a railroad bridge on the cover and Elise Yates is standing behind the dam in Little Falls for the back cover shot. In one of our failed efforts, the smoke bomb Elise was holding started on fire in her hand. Fortunately, she released it immediately and she wasn’t hurt.
Kloe Kapsner Elise Yates Mistaken Identity: The murders of Charlisa Clark and Pasquale Del SordoApril 18, 2000, a 3 year old boy, Eugene, is discovered bloody and wandering the street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. When an officer returns him home, he finds Pasquale Del Sordo and Charlisa Clark bludgeoned to death. There was no sign of forced entry and nothing was missing from the apartment. There was a great deal of anger displayed in this homicide, as the two were beat to death with a baseball bat. Pasquale was an award winning carpenter who loved to woodwork. Charlisa had a great reputation as being artistic and a kind volunteer. (I couldn’t find a picture of Charlisa, or I would have included it). Pasquale is pictured below:
Pasquale Del Sordo A leucocrystal violet (LCV) light was used by crime scene techs to examine the scene. Leucocrystal violet turns anything that comes in contact with blood purple. There was a large amount of blood splatter above the bed. The saddest revelation was the bloody footprints which told the story of the 3 year old’s morning. They followed his footprints to each of his parents, as the boy tried to wake them. When he couldn’t, his footprints went into the kitchen where he poured himself a bowl of cereal and waited for his parents. Eventually, the boy wandered outside to find someone.A palm print was found on the baseball bat. Unfortunately, palm prints aren’t in a database.
Initial Suspects:
The obvious suspect was Charlisa’s ex-boyfriend (Eugene’s father) who was reportedly abusive. He was denied visitation with his son. His mother was his alibi. He was given a polygraph examination. While it wasn’t clear if he committed the murder, he appeared to hiding something.
Pasquale’s father, Flavio Del Sordo, oddly managed to show up at the murder scene the next morning, even though he claimed he didn’t know where Charlisa lived. Flavio was angry over his son’s murder and refused to take a polygraph.
The palm print didn’t match either suspect. The case went cold, and the investigators were assigned new cases.
A tip came in, indicating that a man in chemical dependency treatment said that Carl Ernest Hall admitted to beating Charlisa and Pasquale to death, when purging his sins in chemical dependency treatment. Hall had come to the apartment because was upset over being ripped off during a past drug deal with a man named Paul. Hall entered the apartment by climbing the fire escape and pulling up a window. What Hall didn’t realize is that Paul no longer lived in the apartment. Charlisa had moved into the apartment after Paul left. The murders were a case of mistaken identity.
Carl Hall Carl Hall was already in custody in connection with the rape and murder of Jacqueline McLean, 35, who was beaten to death with a steel bar in a Hamilton apartment on Aug. 20, 2001. Hall had been arrested on March 16, 2002. Carl Hall’s palm print matched the print on the baseball bat.In 2007, Carl Hall pled guilty to two counts of 2nd Degree Murder for the murders of Charlisa Clark, 24, and Pasquale Delsordo, 25. He was given concurrent life sentences, in addition to the life sentence he was serving for the murder of Jackie McLean.
Jackie McLean Jackie McLean had planned to enter chemical dependency treatment the next day. It is suspected that he beat her to death and had sex with her after she died. Hall admits having sex with her, but stated, “What bothers me is that they’re saying I raped her. That’s retarded. It was consensual. I’m not a rapist … I mean, why would I beat some crack whore to death? And necrophilia, that’s ridiculous.” At the trial, evidence was presented that Hall had, soon after McLean’s death, visited his female partner and told her he needed to get out of town right away because he had done something bad. A waitress had witnessed Hall and McLean arguing close to Big Lisa’s Bar on the night of Jackie’s murder. However, Carl Hall was eventually acquitted of Jackie’s murder. Hall smirked at Jackie’s family after the ruling. Jackie’s sister angrily told him, “You got off on my sister and you got off in court.” Hall still admits killing Charlisa and Pasquale and is still serving life sentences for those murders.Eugene (the 3 year old boy, back in 2000), reports talking to his mother every night before he goes to sleep. He was raised by his maternal grandmother, and despite this tragedy, is doing well. Resilience. God bless him…
Thanks for listening,
Frank
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