Gail Masset, 38
WI, Mukwonago, Waukesha Co.
November 21, 2005
Gail's murder has left her 16yr old Son and 20yr old Daughter at the time of her murder, without their Mother in their lives. Her son lives with his Maternal Grandparents.
Gail was murdered by her boyfriend, Michael O’Haver, 40, who beat her during an extended period of time, dumped her body in a ditch in a remote area, and reported her missing a few days later. Gail’s body was found seven weeks later by a passerby who was walking his dog. She had lacerations and abrasions to her head, a fractured vertebra in her neck, and bruises to her back, arms, legs, and buttocks. A medical examiner testified that Gail had suffered a long, painful death and was possibly still alive when Michael left her in the ditch.
The night of the homicide, Gail called her daughter several times, making a connection on the fourth try. She was crying hysterically and asked her daughter to drive from Milwaukee to pick her up. Gail’s daughter advised her mother to drive to her parents’ home instead, to which Gail responded, “Mike won’t let me.” The call was disconnected when Michael took the phone away from Gail.
A month before Gail’s murder, Michael was convicted of domestic abuse related disorderly conduct stemming from three incidents in the spring of 2005 involving a former girlfriend. He threw the woman to the floor, threatened to throw a folding table at her, head-butted and slapped her, and put a chicken carcass in her purse. During the sentencing hearing the prosecutor detailed a decade of violent behavior by Michael towards women, including black eyes, bruises, cuts, and swelling caused by being punched, slapped, pushed down stairs, struck by objects, and thrown to the ground.
Michael O’Haver pled not guilty to a charge of First-Degree Intentional Homicide and was found guilty by a jury. He was sentenced to mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole and ordered to pay restitution to Gail’s daughter.
Sources:
Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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