Wisconsin man convicted after DNA helped unlock '76 slayings
Posted: Jul 27, 2021 3:43 PM CDT
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — An 84-year-old man was convicted Tuesday of murder in the 1976 shootings of a couple camping in a northeast Wisconsin park.
A jury in Marinette County returned verdicts soon after beginning deliberations in the trial of Raymand Vannieuwenhoven. Their judgment wrapped up a case that grew cold over more than four decades until DNA technology led to an arrest.
Vannieuwenhoven was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys at McClintock Park.
Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 26.