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The cold case killing of a Wisconsin hitchhiker has been solved 50 years later thanks to a DNA breakthrough from evidence pulled from a hat that the accused killer left behind at the scene.
MEQUON, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in southeastern Wisconsin have identified the remains of a child found in 1959 in a Wisconsin culvert, closing a 65-year-old cold case with the help of genetic ...
Now, around 65 years later, Wisconsin researchers and law enforcement agencies have solved the cold case of Markku Jutila ― born as Chester Breiney ― through genetic genealogy, according to a ...
Father slit throats of his three daughters (ages 5, 8, and 11) the year after divorce from their mother [11] Steven Zelich: West Allis: 2012–2013: 2: Former police officer known as the "Wisconsin Suitcase Murderer" [12] Ashlee Martinson: Piehl: March 7, 2015: 2: Convicted of murdering her mother and stepfather on the day after her 17th birthday
A year later, Wendy Smith, a friend and former classmate of Hammerberg was found dead. Her death was ruled a homicide while her cause of death was investigated. [5] [6] [10] Hammerberg's murderer was later identified through forensic genealogy to be Philip Cross, a Wisconsin man who died in 2012 of a drug overdose. [4]
Pages in category "People convicted of murder by Wisconsin" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Investigators in Wisconsin have used DNA evidence to solve a 65-year-old cold case involving a 7-year-old boy whose body was found in a culvert.
Dozens attended a funeral in Port Washington for a 7-year-old boy whose case remained cold for 65 years, until Wisconsin agencies solved it in 2024. Funeral in Port Washington honors the 7-year ...