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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.
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Read More »Teen testifies about her parents’ fatal shooting
A teenager has taken the witness stand in Milwaukee County court and described the moments her parents were fatally gunned down in their apartment.
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Read More »Man on trial for killing sister, her boyfriend
A man charged in the shooting deaths of his sister and her boyfriend will stand trial in western Wisconsin.
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Read More »Heroin supplier convicted of reckless homicide
A Watertown man has been convicted of reckless homicide in Dodge County for supplying the heroin that killed a 42-year-old woman.
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Read More »Day care provider charged in infant’s death
A day care provider is charged with killing a 7-week-old child in Milwaukee.
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Read More »Police: Man who died during robbery was literally ‘scared to death’
Police say a contractor who suffered a fatal heart attack while working overnight at a Wisconsin Culver's was literally "scared to death" when two armed men tried to rob the restaurant.
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Read More »Not guilty pleas for man accused of killing deputy
Not guilty pleas have been entered on behalf of a man accused of killing a Rusk County sheriff's deputy.
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Read More »Boyfriend charged with fatally shooting woman, setting fire
The boyfriend of a woman found dead following a house fire in Princeton has been charged in her death.
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Read More »Plea deal reached in fatal Waupaca County beating
One of two men charged with a fatal beating in Waupaca County has been convicted.
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Read More »Woman found guilty of killing bicyclist while texting
A north-central Wisconsin woman has pleaded no contest in a crash that killed a bicyclist in 2015.
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