Ira Robins, private investigator who worked on Bembenek case, dead at 77
Ira Robins
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office confirms that Ira Robins has died -- he was 77 years old.
Robins was well known in part because of investigative work he did in defense of Lawrencia Bembenek in the 1990s. Bembenek, a former Playboy Club waitress, escape from Taycheedah Correctional Institution in 1990. That escape inspired the phrase, "Run Bambi Run."
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Records from the medical examiner's office indicate Robins died late on Tuesday, Jan. 8. He had a cardiac history. Officials say his death appeared natural.