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Total Public Cases: 24
Makayla Marie Rutka Plaza, a 28-year-old former corrections officer and mother, was found dead in her Kenosha home on April 1, 2026, with sharp force injuries. Her estranged husband, Markus Luke Allen Plaza, 33, became …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: April 1, 2026
View DetailsGabriella Alexis Cartagena, 24, was reported missing on February 4, 2026, in Marinette, Wisconsin. She was last heard in a phone call from Red Arrow Park pleading 'Please don't shoot me.' After an extensive search, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 4, 2026
View DetailsOn January 14, 2026, Alicia Renee Machnik, a 29-year-old mother of two, was fatally shot at the Port Motel near Appleton and Silver Spring in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Police Department responded to the scene …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 14, 2026
View DetailsGladys Johnson-Ball, a 22-year-old pregnant woman, was found dead by asphyxiation in a fire at her Milwaukee home on January 5, 2026. Cameron Washington, her 21-year-old boyfriend and father of her 3-year-old daughter, was charged …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 5, 2026
View DetailsMichelle Stewart died from multiple traumatic injuries after being struck by a UTV driven by her husband, Frank Stewart, in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on June 9, 2024. Initially, Frank claimed she fell down stairs or …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: June 9, 2024
View DetailsSade Robinson, a 19-year-old college student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, went missing after going on a date with Maxwell Anderson. Her partial remains were found scattered in various locations including a remote beach called Warnimont Park. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: April 1, 2024
View DetailsOn May 29, 2023, in Amberg, Wisconsin, Lori Freed shot and killed her husband William Freed during a domestic argument at their home. Lori claimed self-defense, stating William entered her bedroom armed with a rifle …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: May 29, 2023
View DetailsStar S. Myers fatally shot her husband Richard Lee Bork at their residence in the Town of Manchester, Wisconsin, on or about March 7, 2023, after he admitted to cheating on her. Myers then enlisted …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: March 7, 2023
View DetailsStephanie Pelant, who had a tumultuous on-again, off-again relationship with Matthew Paul and suffered from epilepsy and mental health issues, was found dead in a wooded area near a physical therapy practice in Delafield, Wisconsin. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Aug. 23, 2022
View DetailsStephanie Pavlons, a 44-year-old woman in a long-term on-and-off relationship with Matthew Paul, went missing on August 23, 2022, after leaving their shared apartment in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Surveillance footage showed her leaving with her purse …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Aug. 23, 2022
View DetailsSheila Laudon, aged 59, was found deceased by manual strangulation in her home in Shawano County, Wisconsin, on June 25, 2022. Michael Ingold, her boyfriend of approximately 10 years, was the only other person in …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: June 25, 2022
View DetailsBart and Krista Halder, a married couple from Wisconsin, disappeared after leaving for a family cabin on July 1, 2021. Their son Chandler reported them missing on July 7. Police investigations revealed that the couple …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 1, 2021
View DetailsOn January 25, 2021, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Roderick Lamar Smith shot his live-in girlfriend, Gia Buccieri-Martin, in the back with a shotgun during a domestic incident. Smith claimed the shooting was accidental, but autopsy results …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 25, 2021
View DetailsSamantha Mae Roberts, a 20-year-old non-verbal woman with cerebral palsy and seizure disorder, was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead at her family home in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, on January 17, 2020. Her mother, Tina Roberts, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 17, 2020
View DetailsOn October 28, 2019, Shannon M. Liddell stabbed her ex-boyfriend, with whom she had a pagan handfasting ritual but no legal marriage, and the woman he was involved with, in Neillsville, Wisconsin. The attack was …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: Oct. 28, 2019
View DetailsIn Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Farid Ostraik was allegedly murdered by Otto Sanhar, the secret lover of Farid's wife, Dolly Ostraik. Dolly hid Otto in the attic of their home for years while maintaining her marriage to …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Aug. 22, 2018
View DetailsOn March 22, 2018, Alex Woodworth was found stabbed to death in a car owned by Esra McEndless in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Esra, who had a complex romantic relationship involving Alex and her ex-boyfriend Jason Mel, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 22, 2018
View DetailsOn September 16, 2016, Todd Kendhammer called police reporting a tragic accident where a metal pipe fell from a truck and struck his wife Barbara's car windshield, injuring her. Barbara was taken to hospital but …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Sept. 16, 2016
View DetailsBarbara Kentimer, aged 47, died from severe injuries sustained on September 16, 2016, in West Salem, Wisconsin. Initially reported as a tragic accident involving a metal pipe falling from a passing truck through the windshield …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Sept. 16, 2016
View DetailsIn 2013, Kou Thao, a 26-year-old repeat offender from Wisconsin, shot and killed 58-year-old Tong Pao Hang, his aunt's husband, during a drinking session. Thao claimed self-defense after Hang allegedly bullied him, made advances toward …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: April 6, 2013
View DetailsStephanie Low, age 22, disappeared from her Wausau apartment in October 2010. Christopher Torgerson, who had a key to her apartment and knew her through mutual acquaintances, was implicated in her murder. Torgerson intended to …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Oct. 10, 2010
View DetailsOn August 29, 2006, 58-year-old pharmacist Kenneth Juedes was shot twice with a 20-gauge shotgun in his bed at his home in Hull, Wisconsin. His wife, Cindy Schulz-Juedes, reported finding his body the following morning …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Aug. 29, 2006
View DetailsJulie Jensen, a 40-year-old mother of two, was found dead in her bed in 1998. Initially presumed natural causes, a letter she wrote before her death raised suspicions about her husband Mark Jensen, who was …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Dec. 3, 1998
View DetailsA mother was brutally attacked by her ex-husband in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He struck her with a baseball bat, duct-taped her face, and trapped her inside a large garbage can filled with snow for 27 hours. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: None
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