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Man, 82, bound over for trial in 1976 killings in Wisconsin

By: Associated Press//June 20, 2019//

Man, 82, bound over for trial in 1976 killings in Wisconsin

By: Associated Press//June 20, 2019//

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MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — An 82-year-old man will go on trial on two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a couple at a Wisconsin park 43 years ago.

A judge in Marinette County found on Wednesday that there’s enough evidence to send the case against Raymand Vannieuwenhoven to trial.

Vannieuwenhoven is accused in the killing of 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys in 1976 at McClintock Park in Silver Cliff, about 200 miles north of Milwaukee.

WLUK-TV reports sheriff’s detective Todd Baldwin testified Wednesday that tests of Vannieuwenhoven’s DNA from a licked envelope matched DNA from the crime scene.

Investigators had no major leads until last year, when a DNA lab in Virginia identified the genealogical background of the suspect.

Vannieuwenhoven is scheduled to enter a plea on July 1.

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