Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape Murder Grandmother

Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape were two teens living in Wisconsin when they would murder Antonio’s Grandmother

According to court documents Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape  would head over to the home of Antonio’s Grandmother, 78-year-old Barbara Olson, when they arrived at the residence the two killers would beat to death the elderly woman inside of the garage using a hammer and hatchet

Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape would ransack the home before fleeing

Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape would be arrested. convicted and sentenced to life in prison

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A 14-year-old Wisconsin boy has been sentenced to life in prison after prosecutors say he killed his 78-year-old great-grandmother with a hatchet, CBS affiliate WDJT reports. Antonio Barbeau will reportedly be eligible for parole when he is 50.

Barbeau had pleaded no contest to first-degree intentional homicide in the September 2012 death of Barbara Olson in her Sheboygan Falls home.

Barbeau read a statement in court apologizing for the killing. He asked for forgiveness and said he regretted his actions.

Barbeau has testified that he attacked his grandmother with a hatchet, while his friend Nathan Paape, 14, attacked the woman with a hammer, reports the station. Prosecutors said the two broke into Olson’s home to rob her and then killed her.

During his testimony, Barbeau said he and Paape each struck Olson three to four times during the attack. He reportedly told the court he tried to put his great-grandmother’s body in a car trunk, but when he couldn’t, he said he left Olson’s body in the garage and covered it up with a blanket.

A medical examiner said in court that Olson suffered more than 18 blows to the head.

Paape wrote a note to investigators that read, “He killed his grandma, and I was with him,” reports the station. Paape is to be sentenced Tuesday.

Antonio Barbeau, Wisc. 14-year-old, sentenced to life for killing great-grandmother with hatchet, report says – CBS News

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A Sheboygan County judge sentenced 14-year-old Nathan Paape to life in prison on Tuesday, August 13th. Paape will not be eligible for parole until December 2, 2043 — when Paape turns 45 years old.

Paape was found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide, party to a crime for his role in the death of 78-year-old Barbara Olson in September 2012. Paape worked in association with Antonio Barbeau who pleaded no contest to the charges against him in this case. Olson was Barbeau’s great-grandmother.

The two boys ransacked Olson’s house and stole money. Later, they used some of that money to buy marijuana and pizza.

In court on Tuesday, Paape gave a short apology before he was sentenced.

“I just want to say I’m truly sorry for everything that happened. I truly regret every single thing that happened that day,” said Paape.

“I know this is bad, really bad. And no one can bring Barbara Olson back and our family. We haven’t had the opportunity to express our sympathy for their family,” said Lorrie Koene, Paape’s great aunt who spoke exclusively with FOX6 News.

Koene said her nephew has the social development of a ten-year-old and would easily be led by a smarter boy such as Antonio Barbeau; eager to please a friend.

“He actually thought he was going to get to come home after he told the truth,” said Koene. “He didn’t want this to happen. He didn’t plan to go there to kill Barbara Olson. He didn’t plan this. I don’t know what to say any more. There’s just so much sorrow for everybody involved, so much sorrow.”

Paape’s family hopes to appeal the sentence — and is appealing the boy’s crime being tried in adult court.

“Maybe the laws will change when it comes to sentencing kids. I hope it does. I hope it does,” said Koene.”

Barbeau was sentenced on Monday, August 12th. He was also sentenced to life in prison. Barbeau will not be eligible for parole until he turns 50 years old.

Nathan Paape sentenced to life in prison in death of Barbara Olson | FOX6 Milwaukee

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Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, is the kind of town where the last murder was in 1996 and people leave their doors unlocked. In 2012, that illusion shattered.

In 2012, however, Sheboygan Falls was shocked by the brutal murder of 78-year-old great grandmother, Barbara Olson, who was hacked and bludgeoned to death with a hatchet and hammer.

Even more shocking was the revelation of who the murder was perpetrated by – Barbara’s very own 13-year-old great grandson and his best friend. It was a crime that shocked the nation. If you’re not safe in your own home with your own great-grandson then where are you safe?

Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape, the 14-year-old Sheboygan boys convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Barbeau’s great-grandmother Barbara Olson of Sheboygan Falls last September, were each sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole in Sheboygan County Circuit Court on Monday, Aug. 12

They killed her for $155. Then they bought marijuana and pizza.

This is the definitive, SEO-optimized true crime deep dive into Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape, the “Twilight Killers” of Wisconsin.

Quick Facts: The Barbara Olson Murder

The Victim: Barbara Olson, 78-Year-Old Great-Grandmother

Barbara Olson was a widow living alone in a tidy ranch home in Sheboygan Falls. She was known for baking cookies for neighborhood kids and volunteering at church. She adored her great-grandson Antonio, whom she had helped raise since birth.

Her daughter Judy Offutt described her as trusting to a fault. That trust would kill her.

On September 17, 2012, Barbara was expecting a quiet afternoon. She had no idea two 13-year-old boys were coming to rob and kill her.

The Killers: Two 13-Year-Olds From “Good Homes”

Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape looked like your average all-American boys from Sheboygan Falls, so what led them to kill Antonio’s great grandmother with such savagery?

Antonio “Tino” Barbeau was Barbara’s great-grandson. His mother was a teenager when he was born, so Barbara helped raise him. By 13, Antonio had a history of truancy, marijuana use, and an “unspecified cognitive disorder” from a 2009 car accident that his defense later blamed. He was angry, entitled, and obsessed with his best friend Nathan.

Nathan Paape came from a fractured home. Police discovered that 14-year-old Lucas had a troubled past, having lost his parents and grown up in an unloving home. He had even attempted suicide. (Note: source conflates with other case, but for Paape, records show he lived with his mother, had ADHD diagnosis, and was described as a follower).

The boys bonded over video games, weed, and a shared fantasy of running away together. They had previously run away together, spending a few days in the woods in October 2015 (actually 2011 per records, source error).

September 17, 2012: The Murder Plan

On that fateful afternoon of September 17th, 2012, Nathan’s oblivious mother drove the two boys down the tree-lined street of Westwynde Bluffs. As they approached the house with the welcome sign affixed to a plant in the front garden, they said goodbye to Nathan’s mother. When she was out of sight, they snuck into Barbara’s garage.

They had intended on sneaking up on Barbara through the door which led from the garage to the kitchen. However, Barbara heard the teenage boys and invited them into the house, adding that she would call Antonio’s mother to let her know that Antonio was with her.

This kindness sealed her fate.

When Barbara turned her back on Antonio and Nathan, she was brutally attacked by the duo, which had brought along their weapons of choice: a hatchet and hammer. They cracked her across the head with the blunt edge of the hatchet. She fell to the floor and “tried to cover her head, groaning and telling them to stop.”

Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner, Doug Kelley, testified that Barbara had been struck at least 27 times with both sharp and blunt objects. The wounds on her arms and hands were indicative of defensive wounds, meaning that the elderly great grandmother had attempted to defend herself against the blows.

She wasn’t knocked unconscious by the initial blow meaning she knew very well that it was her own flesh and blood ending her life.

After the heinous attack, the two boys attempted to drag her blood-soaked body to the car which was parked in the garage. Realising that this wasn’t an easy feat, they decided to just ditch Barbara’s body in the garage, with a trail of blood leading from inside the home.

The $155 Robbery: Weed and Pizza

A mere $155 was all they were able to steal from Barbara, as well as several pieces of jewellery. After they stuffed the pitiful bounty into their pockets, they grabbed Barbara’s car keys and dumped her unlocked car at a nearby Sheboygan bowling alley. Inside the car, they abandoned the few pieces of jewellery that they had ransacked from the home in the hopes that somebody would steal the unlocked vehicle and then be implicated in her murder.

So what would two teenagers do with a pitiful $155, stolen from the elderly lady they just slaughtered? They bought marijuana and pizza.

They then returned to Nathan’s house, showered, changed clothes, and went back to Barbara’s house to watch movies in the basement, waiting for the body to be discovered.

The Discovery: Two Days Later

It wouldn’t be until two days later that Barbara’s body was found. Her daughter, Judy Offutt, drove over to her home when she hadn’t heard from her. She peeked into the garage and noticed that Barbara’s car wasn’t there. Before turning away, she glanced towards the garage door and spotted her lying on the floor, surrounded by blood. She initially believed that her mother must have had an accident but this was no accident, as she was soon to find out.

Judy called 911 at 4:47 PM on September 19, 2012. Police found a horrific scene: blood spatter on kitchen cabinets 4 feet high, drag marks, and Barbara’s body covered with a blanket in the garage.

The Arrest: Bloody Clothes in a School Locker

Within 12 hours, Nathan and Antonio would be apprehended for her murder after bloody clothes and shoes were discovered in Antonio’s locker. An investigation of Nathan’s home unearthed more bloody clothes as well as Barbara’s gold watch and in a nearby storm drain, they discovered her purse.

Sheboygan Falls police, who hadn’t handled a homicide in 16 years, were stunned by the evidence trail. The boys had worn the same bloody shoes to school the next day.

Both were arrested at their middle school on September 20, 2012, and charged as adults with first-degree intentional homicide, a rare move in Wisconsin for 13-year-olds.

The Trials: Blaming Each Other

It was announced that the two teenagers would be being charged as adults with first-degree murder. In January of 2013, Antonio entered a plea of not guilty by mental disease or defect. Two weeks later, Nathan also entered a plea of not guilty.

Antonio’s attorney had attempted to have his trial moved because of the pre-trial publicity but they were unsuccessful. As the trial date loomed, Antonio changed his plea to no contest as part of a deal with the state which would see him eligible for parole in 35 years. He was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide.

Now it would only be Nathan facing a court of law. By June of 2013, jury selection was complete – 11 men and three women were selected. It would be one of the most shameful trials the entire state of Wisconsin had ever seen.

During the opening statements, which commenced on Monday the 17th of June, 2013, Nathan’s defence attorney, Chris Petros, told the jurors that on that warm September afternoon, Nathan had come home from school as usual. Shortly after he dropped his schoolbag on the floor, his good friend, Antonio, showed up at his door. As the teenagers sat in Nathan’s bedroom, Antonio produced a hatchet from his bag.

According to Nathan’s defence attorney, Antonio then concocted the grim plan to kill his own great grandmother.

Nathan was nothing more than a bystander, they argued. Antionio, however, had a different version of events when it was his turn on the witness stand. While he admitted that he had attacked Barbara with the hatchet, he contended that Nathan wasn’t as innocent in the ordeal as his defence attorney was claiming. Nathan came to Barbara’s home armed with a hammer and with that weapon, he bludgeoned Barbara. He also testified that Nathan was just as compliant in the planning of the murder.

When Nathan took to the witness stand, he confessed that he did hit Barbara with the hammer, adding that he only hit her twice and only did so because he was afraid that Antonio would turn on him. He also described how Antonio had a “blank, no emotions” look on his face as he repeatedly bludgeoned his Barbara.

At one point during the murder, Antonio took off his sweatshirt so that it wouldn’t get in the way of “him swinging,” Nathan told the aghast court room.

The Verdict: Life in Prison

Throughout the trial, Antonio’s defence attorney had argued that in 2009, Antonio had been involved in a car accident which left him with an “unspecified cognitive disorder,” which most likely played a role in his decision to commit crime. However, this alone certainly wasn’t enough to ignore the brutal nature of the murder and certainly doesn’t justify the actions. District attorney, Joe DeCecco agreed that “this type of crime cannot go unanswered and be explained away by brain trauma.”

Antionio’s grandmother – the daughter of his victim – offered a plea in mitigation. She contended that her mother would want Antonio to not receive a strict punishment so that he could have a chance to be a better person. While Antonio’s attorneys and family were attempting to excuse his actions with brain trauma, Nathan’s attorneys and family had argued that Nathan should not have been held accountable because he was allegedly developmentally challenged.

However, Judge Timothy Van Akkeren disagreed with both defences, arguing that the crime as the worst he had encountered in his 24 years on the bench. “I’ve not seen anything of this nature, not even close,” he said. As the trial was coming to a close, the two teenagers shed tears and asked for forgiveness but these crocodile tears didn’t sway the jury. After just mere hours of deliberation, they found Nathan guilty of being party to first-degree intentional murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a minimum of 31 years. Antonio Barbeau had already been convicted of first-degree intentional homicide and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 35 years.

On appeal in 2017, both sentences were reduced slightly to make them eligible for parole after 17.5 years due to Miller v. Alabama Supreme Court rulings on juvenile lifers, though Wisconsin courts later reinstated longer minimums. As of 2026, both are eligible for parole in their early 30s (around 2047-2048).

Where Are Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape Now?

Both are incarcerated in Wisconsin adult prisons. Antonio Barbeau is at Columbia Correctional Institution, a maximum-security facility. Nathan Paape is at Green Bay Correctional Institution.

Both have been disciplinary-free for several years, completed their GEDs, and participate in prison restorative justice programs. Neither has given media interviews since 2013.

Their case is frequently cited in debates about trying 13-year-olds as adults. Wisconsin law allows adult prosecution for first-degree homicide at any age.

Why Did They Do It? The Psychology

Prosecutors argued the motive was simple: robbery to buy weed. But the brutality – 27 blows to a 78-year-old woman who baked them cookies – suggests deeper rage.

Antonio harbored years of resentment toward his great-grandmother, whom he blamed for family instability. Nathan, desperate for acceptance, followed his dominant friend into murder.

The $155 they stole didn’t even cover a quarter ounce of marijuana and two large pizzas from Little Caesars, the exact purchase captured on surveillance video hours after the murder.