Police in Wisconsin announced this week that a missing Wisconsin woman had been found dead and her boyfriend arrested in Minnesota. The body of Gabriella Cartagena, 24, was found in Michigan, but police said they believe she was murdered in Marinette, Wisconsin, where she lived with Robert Chilcote, WLUK reports. Marinette Police Chief John LaCombe …
A Wisconsin man was arrested earlier this week after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend and then took a shower before calling 911. Kevin A. Fischer is charged with attempted murder, use of a dangerous weapon, and domestic abuse, according to a criminal complaint filed on Monday. The complaint says that Fischer himself called 911 just …
A Wisconsin woman facing charges in her 12-year-old son’s death late last year claims that his rapid weight loss — he weighed just 56 pounds when he died — was because he had a terminal illness. Prosecutors, however, say Tina Beauprey simply didn’t feed or care for the boy, WLUK reports. Beauprey appeared in court …
Police in Wisconsin have arrested a 38-year-old woman for the ambush beating of a pregnant woman outside her job earlier this month. Marielle Barrios has been charged with armed robbery with use of force, substantial battery, and attempted aggravated battery to an unborn child, WISN reports. A doorbell camera captured the attack on Gheonna Lacy, …
A 40-year-old Wisconsin man has been arrested for the murder of a 66-year-old “family member” found dead Wednesday at a home in Brillion. Calumet County deputies have requested first degree murder charges for Kenneth Manning Nelson, according to WLUK. Nelson was booked into jail late Wednesday afternoon, jail records show. Deputies said they responded to …
A pregnant woman was attacked outside her work in Wisconsin last week, beaten with a baseball bat after finishing her shift at a group home. Gheonna Lacy works as a caretaker at the home and had gone outside to warm up her car at about 7 a.m., WISN reports. A doorbell camera captured the scene: …
A Wisconsin teenager plans to change his plea to guilty in the murders of his mother and stepfather nearly a year ago. A plea deal would see other charges against 18-year-old Nikita Casap dismissed, mother, WISN reported. Donald Mayer, 51, and Tatiana Casap, 35, were found dead in their Village of Waukesha home on February …
A Wisconsin teen beat an 81-year-old man senseless in a road rage incident in October that began because the 19-year-old thought the elderly victim was driving too slowly. Oliver McSorley began tailgating the victim, who told police he purposely slowed down, WISN reported. McSorley then “aggressively” passed the victim and abruptly cut back in front …
A Wisconsin man admitted this week that he slammed his 8-month-old son against a wall because he was losing at a video basketball game. Jalin A. White, 22, pleaded guilty to child abuse causing great bodily harm and child neglect causing great bodily harm, Law&Crime reported. White was sentenced to 12 years in prison and …
A Wisconsin man accused of stabbing his 8-year-old adoptive sister to death in 2024 appeared in court Monday for a competency hearing and was ordered to trial next year. It was Dayveon Lathrop’s third competency hearing since his sister’s death on March 9, 2024, when the girl’s father reported her missing after he returned home …
A Wisconsin woman was arrested last week after she was involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a Lyft driver in a coma — and then filed a false police report claiming HER vehicle was hit by a hit-and-run driver. Jenni Fischer, 24, was arrested on December 10 and charged with hit-and-run involving great bodily …
Several parents have filed suit against Milwaukee Public Schools over a former paraprofessional who admitted locking students in a boiler room before he resigned in November 2023 following an investigation. The lawsuit says the man repeated locked three students in the room, dubbed the “dungeon” by students, over the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school year before …
