Man, 84, charged with killing Wisconsin hitchhiker in 1974
A man has been charged with murder in a Wisconsin cold case once thought to be the work of a notorious serial killer and former Green Bay Packer.
50 years after a hitchhiker was killed in Wisconsin, an 84-year-old man is arrested in her death
Mary K. Schlais was found dead in the town of Spring Brook on Feb. 15, 1974. This week, a man “confirmed his involvement" with the homicide, officials said.
Owatonna man charged with 1974 murder of woman in Wisconsin
An Owatonna man has been arrested and charged with 1st-degree murder of a Minneapolis woman who was killed in Wisconsin 50 years ago.
50 years after a Minneapolis woman was killed in western Wisconsin, a man is charged with murder
Jon Keith Miller, now 84, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with a Dunn County cold case dating back to 1974.
A woman was murdered in 1974 while hitchhiking to a Chicago art show. 50 years later, investigators found her killer
Investigators in Wisconsin used genetic genealogy to solve a 50-year-old cold case this week, charging an 84-year-old Minnesota man with murdering a woman who was found dead in 1974, authorities said.
Minnesota man Jon Miller, 84, charged with killing hitchhiking woman in Wisconsin in 1974
Schlais was from Minneapolis and police believe she was hitchhiking to Chicago for an art show. Decades went by as investigators tracked leads, conducted interviews and examined evidence. The Dunn County Sheriff's Office said it used genetic evidence to find and arrest Jon Miller from Owatonna.
84-year-old Minnesota man arrested in hitchhiker’s 1974 cold case homicide
An 84-year-old Owatonna, Minn., man has been charged with a 50-year-old unsolved murder that occurred in western Wisconsin’s Dunn County.
Man charged in cold case murder of Minneapolis woman found in Wisconsin snowbank in 1974
When Minneapolis’ Mary Schlais was found stabbed to death in a rural Wisconsin snowbank in February 1974, investigators had no idea who killed her, and the case went unsolved for decades. But on Thursday,
Man arrested 50 years after Minneapolis woman's killing in Dunn County, Wisconsin
Schlais, 25, was found dead near the intersection of 408th Avenue and 990th Street in Spring Brook Township in Dunn County, Wisconsin, on Feb. 15, 1974. She was hitchhiking from Minneapolis to an art show in Chicago.
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