Post by hi224 on Jul 31, 2019 19:31:05 GMT
He emigrated from the Netherlands with his family when he was a teenager. He received a scholarship to Harvard University, where he received a master's degree in business. He became a successful mutual fund manager, and a millionaire. He began racing sports cars in the ‘60’s and took class wins in the 1978 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 hours of Le Mans. He won the 1979 Trans-Am championship. On May 26 1979 he remarried Chalice Alford, holding the ceremony on the infield at Lime Rock Park. In 1980 he won the World Challenge for Endurance Drivers. In 1982 he teamed up with his son to win outright the Daytona 24 Hours ans the 12 hours of Sebring.
On January 10, 1979, Paul Jr. and Christopher Schill were caught by customs agents loading equipment onto a pickup truck on the bank of a canal in the Louisiana bayous after dark. Following questioning, when one of them smelled marijuana on their clothing, Paul Sr. was apprehended on his 42-foot boat named Lady Royale, where customs discovered marijuana residue and $10,000 on board. A rented truck was discovered nearby, which contained 1,565 pounds of marijuana. In court, all three pleaded guilty to marijuana possession charges, where each was placed on three years' probation and fined $32,500.
His wife Chalice vanished without a trace in the summer of 1981 and he later divorced in her absence to seek marriage with Hope, sister of Hurley Haywood in Haiti.
On April 19, 1983, Stephen Carson was shot in the chest, abdomen and leg in Crescent Beach, Florida. Carson had been given immunity in a drug trafficking case. He testified that John Paul Sr. had approached him, ordered him into the trunk of his car, and shot at him five times when he fled rather than comply. Paul was arrested, but while out on bail fled before his trial. Paul was apprehended by Swiss authorities in January 1985, served a six-month sentence in Switzerland for using a false passport, and was extradited back to the United States in March 1986. At the same time, Paul's son John Jr. pleaded guilty to racketeering and received a five-year sentence, but refused to testify against his father, who had been indicted as the ringleader of a drug trafficking ring that included, among others, both Johns, and John Sr.'s father, Lee. On June 4, 1986, Paul Sr. pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and received a sentence of twenty years, later expanded to twenty-five years after additional sentences were added.
On March 10, 1987, Paul and another inmate unsuccessfully attempted to escape from prison by spraying a mixture of hot sauce and Pine Sol in a guards face and scaling a 12-foot fence. The guard recovered and fired two shots, scaring the inmates into surrendering. There was a stolen pickup truck in the parking lot that authorities suspect was for the two inmates. Paul served his sentence in USP Leavenworth. Paul was paroled on July 2, 1999.
Shortly following release from prison in 1999, Paul met a woman named Colleen Wood, an office manager. Wood would shortly leave her job, sell her condominium and move in with Paul on his 55-foot schooner to embark on a planned five year around the world boating trip. In December the following year, Wood disappeared, never to be heard from again. Police questioned Paul in connection with the disappearance, but no charges were filed. Paul later disappeared himself, likely in violation of his parole. Shortly after, he was spotted by a passerby in the Fiji Islands who had recognized him from an episode of Unsolved Mysteries then sailed back to Europe. He then sold his sailboat via a magazine classified advert in Italy and was last seen in Thailand. The FBI wish to question him about Wood's disappearance, although they have no new leads. He also appeared in an episode of Disappeared in 2012. As of 2017 the case remains unsolved. Chalice Alford Paul has also been missing since the summer of 1981 and was married to John Paul Sr. at the time, and allegedly was last seen with John Paul Sr. In Key West. This disappearance was never investigated by the FBI.
On January 10, 1979, Paul Jr. and Christopher Schill were caught by customs agents loading equipment onto a pickup truck on the bank of a canal in the Louisiana bayous after dark. Following questioning, when one of them smelled marijuana on their clothing, Paul Sr. was apprehended on his 42-foot boat named Lady Royale, where customs discovered marijuana residue and $10,000 on board. A rented truck was discovered nearby, which contained 1,565 pounds of marijuana. In court, all three pleaded guilty to marijuana possession charges, where each was placed on three years' probation and fined $32,500.
His wife Chalice vanished without a trace in the summer of 1981 and he later divorced in her absence to seek marriage with Hope, sister of Hurley Haywood in Haiti.
On April 19, 1983, Stephen Carson was shot in the chest, abdomen and leg in Crescent Beach, Florida. Carson had been given immunity in a drug trafficking case. He testified that John Paul Sr. had approached him, ordered him into the trunk of his car, and shot at him five times when he fled rather than comply. Paul was arrested, but while out on bail fled before his trial. Paul was apprehended by Swiss authorities in January 1985, served a six-month sentence in Switzerland for using a false passport, and was extradited back to the United States in March 1986. At the same time, Paul's son John Jr. pleaded guilty to racketeering and received a five-year sentence, but refused to testify against his father, who had been indicted as the ringleader of a drug trafficking ring that included, among others, both Johns, and John Sr.'s father, Lee. On June 4, 1986, Paul Sr. pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and received a sentence of twenty years, later expanded to twenty-five years after additional sentences were added.
On March 10, 1987, Paul and another inmate unsuccessfully attempted to escape from prison by spraying a mixture of hot sauce and Pine Sol in a guards face and scaling a 12-foot fence. The guard recovered and fired two shots, scaring the inmates into surrendering. There was a stolen pickup truck in the parking lot that authorities suspect was for the two inmates. Paul served his sentence in USP Leavenworth. Paul was paroled on July 2, 1999.
Shortly following release from prison in 1999, Paul met a woman named Colleen Wood, an office manager. Wood would shortly leave her job, sell her condominium and move in with Paul on his 55-foot schooner to embark on a planned five year around the world boating trip. In December the following year, Wood disappeared, never to be heard from again. Police questioned Paul in connection with the disappearance, but no charges were filed. Paul later disappeared himself, likely in violation of his parole. Shortly after, he was spotted by a passerby in the Fiji Islands who had recognized him from an episode of Unsolved Mysteries then sailed back to Europe. He then sold his sailboat via a magazine classified advert in Italy and was last seen in Thailand. The FBI wish to question him about Wood's disappearance, although they have no new leads. He also appeared in an episode of Disappeared in 2012. As of 2017 the case remains unsolved. Chalice Alford Paul has also been missing since the summer of 1981 and was married to John Paul Sr. at the time, and allegedly was last seen with John Paul Sr. In Key West. This disappearance was never investigated by the FBI.