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A Mineral Point woman and her adult daughter have been charged in the death of a 13-year-old girl.
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Read More »Jury convicts father of homicide in son’s death
A jury has convicted a Wisconsin father of second-degree reckless homicide in the shooting death of his son last year.
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Read More »Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting of girl in living room
A man accused of firing into a Milwaukee home and killing a 13-year-old girl in her living room abruptly pleaded guilty Tuesday as the second day of testimony at his trial began.
Tagged with: Hanna Kolberg homicide Mark Sanders
Read More »Milwaukee man accused in death of 2-month-old baby
Authorities say a man beat to death an infant who was in the arms of a mother who was the intended target of the blows.
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Read More »Reckless homicide charge recommended in Wausau shooting
Wausau police are recommending second-degree reckless homicide charges in a fatal shooting.
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Read More »Man sentenced to 70 years for killing 2 teens
A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for fatally shooting two teens.
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Read More »Man pleads not guilty in fatal Girl Scouts crash
A 22-year-old Wisconsin man accused of inhaling chemical vapors before crashing into a group of Girl Scouts has pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide charges for the deaths of three girls and one mother.
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Read More »Man convicted for killing 2 brothers outside Twin Lakes bar
A jury has convicted a man accused of killing two brothers after a fight at a Twin Lakes bar in November 2017.
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Read More »Woman pleads guilty to killing 3 babies, including son
A Wisconsin woman accused of killing three infants, including her son, in the 1980s has pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
Tagged with: homicide Nancy Moronez
Read More »Milwaukee homicides decline for third year in a row
The number of homicides in Milwaukee has declined for a third consecutive year.
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Read More »Boyfriend sent to prison for life in woman’s death
A Princeton man has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole after killing his girlfriend, mutilating her body and setting their home on fire.
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Read More »Sheriff: 10-year-old says she stomped head of baby in panic (UPDATE)
A western Wisconsin sheriff says a 10-year-old girl charged with first-degree intentional homicide dropped a 6-month-old baby and, when the infant cried, she panicked and stomped on the child's head.
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Read More »Stepmother found guilty in toddler’s death in Oneida County
A northern Wisconsin woman has been found guilty of killing her 20-month-old stepson.
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Read More »Couple charged in fatal crash
Prosecutors say a woman and man were drunk and fighting in their pickup truck when they caused a fatal crash in northeastern Wisconsin.
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Read More »Charges: Plover man bought large bags on day wife vanished
Police say a Plover man bought large plastic trash bags on the day his wife was last seen and left his fingerprints on a shopping bag containing her damaged cellphone.
Tagged with: homicide Jason Sypher
Read More »Janesville woman accused of fatally stabbing ex-boyfriend
Police have arrested a Janesville woman who they say killed her former boyfriend.
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Read More »Kenosha man sentenced in 2017 strangling death
A Kenosha man has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for killing a 17-year-old who he met online.
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Read More »Man charged in girlfriend’s death dies in ATV crash
A La Crosse County man charged in a snowmobile crash that killed his girlfriend has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in northern Wisconsin.
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Read More »Jury convicts 19-year-old in Milwaukee inspector’s death
A jury has convicted a 19-year-old man in the shotgun slaying of a Milwaukee city inspector during a failed carjacking.
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Read More »Man charged in fatal Wausau beating
A Florence County man is charged with killing the father of his ex-girlfriend.
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Read More »Homicide charge recommended in Madison apartment shooting
Madison police are asking for a homicide charge against a man accused in an apartment shooting that has now turned deadly.
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Read More »Milwaukee man gets life without parole in triple-homicide
A man with a history of mental illness was sentenced Friday to life in prison with no possibility of parole for killing three of his neighbors in a Milwaukee apartment building.
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Read More »Lawmaker’s daughter enters plea in drug death case
The daughter of a Wisconsin legislator has pleaded not guilty to delivering the drugs that killed a pregnant woman.
Tagged with: homicide John Nygren
Read More »Kenosha man being retried in ex-wife’s homicide
A man whose conviction for killing his former wife was overturned on appeal is once again on trial in Kenosha County.
Tagged with: homicide Oscar Thomas
Read More »Jury finds man guilty in beating death of wife
A jury in La Crosse County found a man guilty of fatally beating his wife and trying to conceal her death by staging a car accident.
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Read More »Medical examiner: Woman’s death a homicide
The Rock County medical examiner says the death of a 43-year-old Janesville woman was a homicide caused by sharp force injuries.
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Read More »Trial begins for man charged in wife’s death (UPDATE)
A trial has begun in western Wisconsin for a man accused of fatally beating his wife and trying to conceal her death by staging a car accident.
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Read More »Georgia man convicted in death of Wisconsin woman
A Georgia man has been convicted in last year's strangulation death of a Wisconsin woman.
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Read More »Woman accused of killing son found incompetent
A Milwaukee woman accused of killing her 4-year-old son by setting him on fire in their apartment has been found incompetent to proceed with the charges against her.
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Read More »Milwaukee man sentenced to life for baseball bat slaying
A man convicted of beating a Milwaukee gas station clerk to death with a baseball bat has been sentenced to life in prison.
Tagged with: homicide Jeffrey Wagner
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