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Oct 12, 2018

Michigan man charged in killing of wife in Wisconsin in 1975

Prosecutors charged a Michigan man Thursday with killing his wife 43 years ago in Wisconsin based largely on witnesses saying he seemed unhappy in their marriage, her comments to neighbors that she thought he was going to kill her and other discrepancies in his story.

Jun 26, 2011

Illinois man gets 10 years in Kenosha death

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for driving three others to a home where a Kenosha man was killed. Fifty-five-year-old Richard Beeter of Lake Villa was sentenced Friday for felony murder in connection with the 2009 death of 50-year-old Robin Leydel. The man who shot Leydel […]

Jun 17, 2011

Supreme Court won’t hear Jensen appeal

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court won’t hear Mark Jensen’s appeal of his conviction for killing his wife. The state Court of Appeals’ decision in December upholding Jensen’s 2008 murder conviction will stand. The 51-year-old Jensen is serving a life sentence for poisoning his wife, Julie Jensen. He was convicted a decade after […]

May 27, 2011

Prosecutor: Suspect hit wrong man in fatal hit-run

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors say a Wisconsin man mowed down in an act of revenge near the University of Minnesota was actually not the suspect’s intended target. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that prosecutors now say 23-year-old Benjamin Van Handel of Appleton was killed April 15 in a case of mistaken identity. Authorities had […]

May 26, 2011

Competency in question for teen in developer slaying (UPDATE)

The competency of the 17-year-old charged with murdering a Pewaukee developer still is in question after a brief hearing Thursday morning in Waukesha County Intake Court. The findings of a confidential competency examination performed on defendant Richard Wilson will be discussed during a June 2 court appearance before Judge William Domina. At that time, Domina […]

May 20, 2011

Grand jury indicts Minn. man in fatal hit-and-run

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a Minnesota man on a first-degree murder charge for allegedly plowing into a crowd of pedestrians and killing a Wisconsin man. According to the Hennepin County Attorney’s office, the grand jury indicted 29-year-old Timothy Bakdash of Roseville on Thursday. Bakdash is accused of purposely driving onto a […]

May 16, 2011

Sheriff: Victim allegedly was pushed off cliff

RED CLIFF, Wis. (AP) — Authorities now say an 18-year-old man who died after falling from a Lake Superior cliff was allegedly pushed. Bayfield County District Attorney Craig Haukaas said Monday he will file a complaint charging a 22-year-old Ashland man with second-degree reckless homicide and felony murder in the death of Marvin Charette III […]

May 4, 2011

Man who killed family sentenced to life in prison

CHICAGO (AP) — A Wisconsin man who shot and killed his mother, pregnant wife, infant son and two nieces while they slept in a Chicago house has been sentenced to life in prison. Thirty-three-year-old James Larry was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, a […]

Apr 25, 2011

Complaint: Man intended hit-run near Minn. campus (UPDATE)

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man became so enraged after an argument in a bar near the University of Minnesota that he purposely drove onto a sidewalk and plowed into a group of pedestrians, later telling a witness that he intended to kill three people and “had no remorse,” according to […]

Mar 24, 2011

Milwaukee man is guilty of killing 2 women, 2 kids

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A jury has found a 22-year-old man guilty of killing two children and two women in Milwaukee. Desmond Laster and 24-year-old Anthony Barnes were accused of going with 19-year-old Brittney Robertson to her apartment and helping rob her roommate Rachel Thompson. According to the criminal complaint, Robertson stabbed Thompson and helped Laster […]

Feb 24, 2011

Ellis gets life sentences in slayings of 7 women (UPDATE)

By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man convicted of choking the life out of seven women during a 21-year killing spree was sentenced Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison, and prosecutors said they may yet tie Walter E. Ellis to two or more unsolved slayings. Ellis, 50, […]

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