Bio

Ming Sen Shiue was born on October 15, 1950, in Taiwan. When he was eight years old, he moved to Minnesota with his mother and two siblings. His father was a professor at the University of Minnesota, but he passed away three years after they moved to the United States.

As a child, Shiue had a difficult relationship with his younger siblings. He often showed violent behavior, including beating them. By the time he was a teenager, his behavior became more problematic. He was involved in criminal activities, such as starting fires in the apartments of strangers and throwing rocks at cars. At the age of 14, he was ordered to undergo psychotherapy due to these actions.

Shiue's mother described him as a liar who often insisted he was right. She found him uncontrollable and fearful because he did not take responsibility for his actions. She even remarked that he seemed to have no feelings, comparing him to a dog.

From 1965 to 1966, Shiue attended Alexander Ramsey High School in Roseville, Minnesota. During this time, he developed a "crush" on his algebra teacher, Mary Stauffer. His infatuation led him to fantasize about her and write stories involving her and fictional characters.

As he grew older, these fantasies escalated. He attempted to locate Mary Stauffer in 1975, believing he had found her home in Duluth, Minnesota. However, she was not living there at the time, and her in-laws were tied up and threatened but did not report the incident.

For the next several years, Shiue continued to obsess over Stauffer. After she returned to Minnesota in 1979, he learned that she had moved to the campus of Bethel University, and he began to stalk her.

Murder Story

On May 16, 1980, Ming Sen Shiue kidnapped Mary Stauffer and her eight-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, from a beauty salon in Roseville, Minnesota. He forced them into the trunk of Stauffer's car at gunpoint. During the drive, Shiue stopped the vehicle two times to check on his victims, who were making noise. On the second stop, a six-year-old boy named Jason Wilkman approached the car to see what was happening. Shiue grabbed him and put him into the trunk with Mary and Elizabeth.

After driving for a while, Shiue stopped in a secluded area in Anoka County, where he removed Jason from the trunk and brutally murdered him using a metal rod. He then continued to imprison Mary and Elizabeth in his home. For the next seven weeks, he kept them locked in a closet, where he repeatedly assaulted Mary and threatened both of them.

On July 7, 1980, while Shiue was at work, Mary and Elizabeth managed to escape by removing the hinge pins from the closet door. They called the authorities and hid until police arrived. Shiue was arrested the same day at his business. During his time in jail, he attempted to arrange for the murder of his victims to prevent them from testifying against him.

In 1981, Shiue was put on trial for his crimes. He was found guilty of kidnapping and the murder of Jason Wilkman. The jury determined that he was guilty based on the evidence presented. Shiue was sentenced to thirty years to life on the federal kidnapping charge and forty years on the state murder charge. He was declared eligible for parole in 2010, but later a judge ruled that he would not be released due to the ongoing threat he posed to society.