WI - Homicide News

02 Apr 2015

Roe pleads not guilty in boyfriend killing


WAUPACA – A woman charged with killing her boyfriend pleaded not guilty Tuesday. No trial date has been set for Alison Roe in connection with the stabbing death of Craig Dake, according to the Waupaca County Clerk of Courts office.

02 Apr 2015

Milwaukee Police identify suspect in fatal shooting at party


  MILWAUKEE (AP) -- An 18-year-old Milwaukee man has been identified as a suspect in a fatal shooting at a house party.

02 Apr 2015

Montello man was charged Tuesday in connection with the death of a teen and fellow inmate at the Green County Jail in 2013


MONROE, Wis. - A Montello man was charged Tuesday in connection with the death of a teen and fellow inmate at the Green County Jail in 2013.

29 Mar 2015

Hundreds expected at memorial for slain Wisconsin Trooper


KIEL, Wis. (AP) -- A 21-year-old Wisconsin state trooper killed in a shootout with a bank robbery suspect is being remembered in his hometown.

29 Mar 2015

Police investigate Milwaukee homicide


MILWAUKEE —Milwaukee police are investigating a homicide that happened Friday night. Police were called to the 1900 block of West Grant Street around 8:20 p.m. A 29-year-old man died at the scene despite life-saving efforts by police and firefighters.

27 Mar 2015

Charges filed in two fatal Milwaukee crashes


MILWAUKEE —Charges were filed Friday in two fatal crashes this week.

27 Mar 2015

A Sheboygan man has been sentenced to four years in prison in fatal overdose


SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) - A Sheboygan man has been sentenced to four years in prison for selling heroin that resulted in an overdose death.

27 Mar 2015

Deputies investigating suspicious death in Adams County


ADAMS COUNTY, Wis. (RELEASE FROM SHERIFF'S DEPT.)-- At 2:21 a.m. on March 26, 2015, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a 911 call requesting an ambulance for a victim of a possible overdose at 1758 Cottonville Avenue in the Town of Strongs Prairie.

27 Mar 2015

Detectives make arrest in 1990 Berit Beck homicide


FOND DU LAC -- Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office Detectives have made an arrest in the 1990 Berit Beck homicide case. Dennis J. Brantner was taken into custody without incident about 11:30 a.m. Friday and has been transported to the Fond du Lac County Jail.

24 Mar 2015

Trooper killed in gun battle with Suspect


UPDATE (WKOW) -- A Wisconsin State Patrol trooper is dead following a standoff in Fond du Lac this afternoon.

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