A Wisconsin man has been charged with reckless homicide in the murder of his 8-year-old stepson. Steven Merkel, 52, appeared in court on Tuesday, when he was given a $250,000 bond, WDJT reported. Town of Geneva police said they responded to the call about the shooting early Monday morning and found the boy shot. He …
A Wisconsin man sought in the deaths of his girlfriend and two children late last year has been taken into custody after a suspicious person call in the city of Elroy. A Juneau County deputy responded to the call and made contact with the person, who was identified as Virgil Thew, the New Lisbon Police …
A 25-year-old Wisconsin woman has been charged with arranging the murder of her “on-again, off-again” boyfriend in November. Ashanti Davis is charged with solicitation of first-degree intentional homicide, and her bond was set at $100,000 on Saturday, WITI reported. Police were called to the scene shortly after 1 a.m. on November 1 and spoke with …
Police in Wisconsin are looking for a convicted felon after two children and an adult were found dead at a home in New Lisbon. New Lisbon Police say Juneau and Monroe County deputies began investigating a missing juvenile on Sunday. The juvenile was last seen with 47-year-old Virgil Thew, the convicted felon. New Lisbon Police …
The Dane County Medical Examiner released the identity of the teacher killed in Monday’s school shooting.
The family of the teenage victim of Monday’s Wisconsin school shooting identified her as freshman Rubi Patricia Vergara, 14. According to an obituary authorized by Vergara’s family, she is survived by her parents, Vicente and Jennfier Vergara, a brother Adrian, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Vergara was “an avid reader, loved art, singing and playing …
Officials investigating Monday’s fatal shooting at a school in Wisconsin had little new information to share a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes corrected another piece of information that was erroneously put out on Monday, telling reporters that the initial 911 call alerting police to the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School …
Police have identified the shooter at Wisconsin’s Abundant Life Christian School as 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, who went by the name Samantha. Rupnow died on her way to the hospital from a self inflicted gunshot, according to the Madison Police Department. This is the initial news conference held by Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes. Some information …
A Wisconsin man has been arrested after he shot two people, one fatally, last week at a “Friendsgiving” event. The shooting took place on November 21 in Milwaukee. Nasif Bowie, 25, died from his injuries, and the other man was taken to a hospital for treatment, WITI reported. Kwon Burdine was arrested on Tuesday after …
A Wisconsin mother has been charged with child abandonment and neglect after she allegedly kicked her 12-year-old son out of the car along Interstate 94 in Waukesha County because she was angry about his grades. Police found the crying boy walking along the busy highway during rush hour on Thursday, WTMJ reported. He told them …
Wisconsin authorities say they believe a man reported missing from a kayak trip in August faked his disappearance and is now somewhere in Europe. Ryan Borgwardt, 44, was reported missing on August 12 when he didn’t come home from a fishing trip. Searchers found truck, his overturned kayak, and a tackle box with his keys …
The mother of a toddler boy found dead last month and her boyfriend have been charged in the child’s death. Manitowoc County District Attorney Jacalyn LaBre announced at a news conference on Thursday that Katrina Baur, Elijah Vue’s mother, has been charged with chronic neglect of a child resulting in death and neglecting a child, …
