New York Post

'SWS' - THE 'M' IS FOR MURDER

'SWS' Wife-killer's personal ad: Ladies, I'm single!

- By NATALIE O’NEILL

I’m not married and I don’t have any kids. No baby-mama drama here!

An ex-teacher who murdered his wife on Staten Island is hunting for a new lover from behind bars — boasting in his online profile, “I’m not married.”

Convicted killer Jonathan Crupi, 34, took the fresh stab at romance when he set up a ConPals.com profile claiming to be handsome, single and on the prowl.

“Hey, ladies, are you awesome? Like I am? I’m looking for a fun, intelligen­t girl to stimulate my brain (and possibly my heart),” Crupi wrote in the April posting.

“I’m not married and I don’t have any kids. No baby-mama drama here!”

Crupi was convicted of pushing his wife, Simeonette Mapes, down a stairwell and stabbing her 15 times in their New Springvill­e home four years ago.

He is serving 25 to life in Clinton Correction­al Facility in upstate Dannemora.

Mapes’ mom, Theresa Mapes, 56, was sickened by the ad.

“It’s a slap in the face and a personal attack,” Mapes told The Post.

“Inmates convicted of killing a spouse shouldn’t be on dating sites. This man was convicted of killing his wife in a brutal man- ner. And five months later, he’s looking for another victim?” she fumed.

“The part about him not being married, that really stung,” she added.

After Crupi killed Mapes, a beloved Brooklyn teacher, he staged a robbery to make it look like she was murdered in a home invasion, prosecutor­s said. He later hit the town with a prostitute known as “Miss Pumpkin,” according to police.

Crupi was busted after cops discovered online searches for “how to throat slash” and “what destroys DNA” on his computer, police said.

But the jailbird urged single ladies to ignore the facts and open their hearts.

“Being in jail sucks, but I’m an innocent man and I’m working on my appeal. Patience is a virtue, and I’ve learned a lot of it here. For now, I just want to find an interestin­g girl to share experience­s with,” he insisted.

Theresa Mapes is now pushing for the post, which was written by Crupi behind bars and put online by his mom, to be removed from the site.

“Any woman who is thinking about dating him will regret it. It will be the biggest regret of your life,” she said.

 ??  ?? BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE . . . Staten Islander Jonathan Crupi (left) was convicted of stabbing his wife, Simeonette Mapes (above), to death — which he creepily turns to his advantage in a personal ad.
BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE . . . Staten Islander Jonathan Crupi (left) was convicted of stabbing his wife, Simeonette Mapes (above), to death — which he creepily turns to his advantage in a personal ad.

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