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.
Man arrested 50 years after Minneapolis woman's killing in Dunn County, Wisconsin
SPRING BROOK TOWNSHIP, Wis. (FOX 9) - Fifty years after a Minneapolis woman was killed, an 84-year-old man was arrested thanks to genetic genealogy testing. Mary K. 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.
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.
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, 84, Arrested in Connection with 50-Year-Old Cold-Case Murder in Wisconsin: A 'Huge Victory'
Police said investigators were able to identify a suspect in the 1974 death of Mary K. Schlais though investigative genetic genealogy
50-year-old Wisconsin homicide cold case resolves in arrest through investigative genetic genealogy
After Mary K. Schlais was found dead in western Wisconsin back in 1974, her homicide investigation went cold for over 50 years until investigative genetic genealogy led to an arrest on 7, 2024. According to a release from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office,
Owatonna man, 84, arrested in connection to cold case murder
The Dunn County Sheriff's office in Wisconsin has arrested a Minnesota man in connection to the 1974 murder of a University of Minnesota graduate student.
Man charged in 50-year-old Wisconsin cold case
An 84-year-old man was charged in a 1974 homicide case, where authorities said he admitted to stabbing and killing a Minneapolis woman. FOX 9's Mike Manzoni has the story.
Minnesota man charged in 1974 homicide cold case in Wisconsin
Jon K. Miller, 84, of Owatonna, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mary Schlais, of Minneapolis, in 1974. Investigative genetic genealogy credited with leading to his arrest.
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