January 19, 2010
Another former DJJ ward at Chad, another murder - manhunt, escape and re-capture
Justin Patrick Welch, the French Camp man charged with the vicious murder of a Wisconsin woman, is scheduled to appear in court today in Waukesha, Wis., after two nationwide manhunts, a daring escape and his eventual recapture.
Welch is suspected of slaying Kimberly Smith of Oconomowoc, Wis., on Oct. 1. Her body was found with hands bound behind her back and with multiple stab wounds, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper. Her 4-year-old son was home at the time, police have told the newspaper.
Welch became a suspect after his DNA was found on a knife and gloves found near the crime scene, and he is believed to have been hired through an acquaintance of Smith's ex-boyfriend, who was in a bitter custody dispute over the boy, according to published reports…
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