John Maloney: Lola Cator at 1999 Trial

Truth in Justice Forum
3/5/01 
Sandy Maloney's Mother

John had been abusing Sandy and threatening to kill her for a long time, years. 

July 15, 1998
To: Attorney Marc Hammer 
From: Lola Cator 

Sandy would tell me all of these things, over the phone. 

But yet on the Discussion forum she says that she saw the abuse, and the things that were going on in that house.
 
 

JULY 9, 1997 INCIDENT 
DJ-DCI-2 (Rev. 8/91 ) 
Wisconsin Department of Justice DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 

Case Number : SA-9553 

Date: 03/10/98 

Case Title: SANDRA MALONEY

Activity Contact With LOLA C. CATOR 

Date of Activity: March 10, 1998 

CATOR was asked about a cassette tape that she had previously provided to Director Robbie R. Lowery, of DCI. CATOR said the cassette tape contains a message that her daughter, SANDRA MALONEY, left on CATOR's answering machine on July 9, 1997. CATOR said on that day, she was driving from Green Bay back to Madison. CATOR said she had been spending some time with SANDY and helping out with the kids. CATOR said prior to leaving Green Bay, she had telephoned JOHN MALONEY and told him to come over to SANDY's residence and take their kids for the night because SANDY was upset. CATOR said SANDY was upset because she was afraid that she was going to lose the kids to JOHN in the divorce. CATOR said JOHN did not come over and take the kids. She said JOHN turned this around to make SANDY look like a bad mother, which was the reason there was the Guardian Ad Litem appointed to represent the kids in the divorce. 

Sept. 19, 1997, Friday
To: Attorney Marc A. Hammer 
From: Lola C. Cator 

I hope I haven't caused more trouble - I am sorry that I called John & Ginny that night when Sandy was all hyper. 

My Dad did come and get us the night of July, 9th. My Grandmother claims that this night did not happen now.
 
 

Sept. 19, 1997, Friday 
To: Attorney Marc A. Hammer 
From: Lola C. Cator 

I went to my Psychiatrist, Dr. Richard Schramm, to get some medication to help me calm down, on Sept. 10. I told him that Sandy and John were going through a nasty divorce and Custody Battle for the children. He asked me if John had done anything to the children. I said I didn't know and I hoped not. He said, when they do things like that, they usually do it to children too. I just about started crying because I am so worried about Matthew, the 12 year old - he is having Migraine Headaches all the time and has lost so much weight.~ Sandy wants to get him into the Doctor. 

Then on Sept. 16, I received this letter from the Green Bay Police Department Internal Affairs. I never realized that Dr. Schramm was mandated to report this. I have been shaking ever since. 

GREEN BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT 
INTERNAL AFFAIRS 
Alan Timmerman Lieutenant 
SEPT. 22, 1997 

On above date Capt. Hamilton and myself interviewed Lola C. Cator. She had made accusations to her psychiatrist 
Dr. Schramm about Officer Maloney. 

She told us that the incidents she was referring to happened m 1994? Lola was being treated by Dr. Schramm in 1994. She stated that she at that time never mentioned these incidents to him. We discussed each incident that she claimed had occurred. Lola gave us names of people that she claimed were aware of the incidents. During the discussion it was discovered that Lola had told most of them about what had happened and they did not have first hand knowledge of the incidents. 

She felt John was trying to get her daughter Sandy committed and that he was trying to get the children taken away from Sandy. 

Her comment before leaving was that "John would never harm the children." Lola included in the papers she gave us copies of her "Daily Log" as she refers to it as. It shows the amount of medication she takes daily. 
 
 

Truth in Justice Forum
3/5/01 6:44:26 PM 
Sandy Maloney`s Mother

The boys came and told us that the only thing John and Tracy were doing, at Gin & Barb's house, was to go in the basement and have sex. 

July 16, 1997, Wednesday, 4 p. m. 
To: Attorney Marc A. Hammer 
From: Lola C. Cator

Now as I look at my Daily Logs - I now know why John was running out to Ginny’s all the time and would not speak civil to Sandy. He wanted Sandy to go to Hazelton in Mn, after Bellin Psy. Hosp. 
 
 

Truth in Justice Forum 
10/2/00 4:48:26 PM 
Lola Cator 

Sheila Berry sent a letter to Tracy, (John's girlfriend when Sandy was killed), by way of Tracy's Mother. When Tracy opened this letter, the only thing that was written on it was, "JODY--JODY--JODY!" It sounds like Sheila is threatening Tracy.

October 10, 1997
To: Captain Bruce Hamilton, Internal Affairs 
Lieutenant Alan Timmerman, Internal Affairs 
From: Lola C. Cator 

The following happened the day before I met with you: My Mother and I checked into The Regency Hotel, Sunday about 1 p.m.. We picked Sandy, Matt, Sean and Aaron up and brought them down there at that time. They spent the day there and then I drove them home before 6 p.m.. Sandy called me at the Regency at 6:10 p.m., and said to come back and hear the message on her answering machine. In a deep, rough, man's voice, which said, "CATOR, CATOR, CATOR." The voice sounded like John. The call was ID'd, "Sept. 21, 1:52 p.m., Payphone # 920-432-9766, Regency Hotel. We went back to the Regency and found the Payphone with that number. Sandy taped the message. A couple of days before, Sandy had been ordered to give John her new number. 
 

Truth in Justice Forum
3/10/01 2:10:55 AM 
Sandy Maloney's Mother (aka Lola Cator) 

John is not to have any contact with Tracy or our Family. Tonight he called my house and left a message. I have it taped and will go to the authorities with it.

In the Wisconsin prison system the call is collect. The inmate must provide his name, and the individual receiving the call must choose to accept the call by pressing a number on the telephone. Also the inmate has a list of people that they can call, and can only call the people on that list. Lola Cator is not on that list. There is no way that my Dad could have left a message on her answering machine.

CASE ACTIVITY REPORT 
DJ-DCI-2 (Rev. 8/91 ) 
Wisconsin Department of Justice DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 
Case Number : SA-9553 

Date: 02-18-98 

Case Title: SANDRA MALONEY 

Activity: Interview/LOLA C. CATOR 

Date of Activity: February 15, 1998 

CATOR then produced a small, spiral bound notebook, and looked at 02/10/98 and said at 8:48 a.m., SANDY had called her and told her she was going to go work and to see JUDI KATERS. CATOR said SANDY was going to see KATERS in order to get her driver's license back. CATOR said SANDY was also doing wallpaper work with her friend, SARAH LNU. CATOR said SANDY also said at 1:15 p.m., SARAH was coming over to take her to work. CATOR said they also talked about CATOR coming to Green Bay the following day to help SANDY with some errands. 

CATOR said the next contact with SANDY was at 3:10 p.m., when SANDY called her again. This conversation lasted approximately ten minutes. CATOR said SANDY said JOHN MALONEY would be bringing the kids over at 6:00 p.m. CATOR said SANDY kept telling her how much she loved her and that she was so sorry for what she had done. SANDY also told CATOR that she got her driver's license back. 

CATOR said at 6:00 p.m., SANDY again called her, and the conversation lasted ten minutes. CATOR said SANDY was upset and said JOHN did not bring the kids over. CATOR said SANDY stated that she was going to give up trying to fight for the kids, because JOHN is going to get the kids anyway. CATOR said SANDY also talked about moving to Madison to be near CATOR. CATOR said SANDY was disappointed because JOHN was not letting her see the kids. CATOR does not know if JOHN had called SANDY to tell her that he would not be bringing the kids over at 6:00 p.m. CATOR said during this phone conversation, SANDY sounded very depressed. 
 

A YEAR LATER AT THE TRIAL, A DIFFERENT STORY 

BY MR. PAULUS: 

Question: Now, Mrs. Cator, did you have any expectation that John 

Maloney would be at Sandy Maloney’s house on February 10? 

Answer: Sandy said that the boys were coming over at six, that 

John had called and said he was going to bring the boys 

over at six. 

Question: When you last spoke to Sandy at 6:03 in the evening, 

the last time you actually got through to her, what was 

her mood in that call? 

Answer: She was waiting for the boys to come. She was sounded 

good, and she especially sounded good to me because she 

was going to let me come and help her. 

Question: Had you made any plans for coming up the next day? 

Answer: Yes. I told her I'd come up and help her and we'd get 

her driver's license.