Franklin Cold Case warms up with new technologies
For decades, a homicide disturbed Franklin’s police service. But new technologies could take the cold case and put it on the burner before.
Franklin, Wis. – A man was stabbed several times and his throat was cut after being killed.
For decades, homicide disrupted Franklin’s police service. But new technologies could take the cold case and put it on the burner before.
Cold case of Franklin
The background:
Off South 27th Street, near the county line, is West Elm Road. In the 1980s, there was a bar at the corner. Industry slowly filled the old agricultural fields.
But some things remain just like they were back on February 1, 1986.
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Two men called the police after finding a body in a ditch near the field of a farmer.
A body found
What we know:
The man was identified as Lyle Trudeau, 27 years old. There are only two cold cases that the Franklin police opened, and one of them is Trudeau.
Trudeau frequented the southern suburban bars. He was seen for the last time alive to this on East Layton in Cudahy.
It is now a different name and a different owner, but was known as the port of Corey call in 1986.
Three witnesses told the police that they had seen Trudeau leaving the back of the bar with three guys. A guy hit him, picked him up and put him in a car.
The police were able to bring together people of interest from the start.
But the case has become cold.
New technology
What is the next step:
Over the years, investigators have continued to work and re -examine possible witnesses. But now they hope that the new DNA technology will help bring investigators closer to the resolution of the case.
Franklin Cold Case warms up with new technologies
For decades, a homicide disturbed Franklin’s police service. But new technologies could take the cold case and put it on the burner before.
At the 13th and Rawson was a bar called Klondike Tap. He has left for a long time, but his owner called the police after the death of Trudeau. Someone had entered blood on his hand and the owner wiped him with a towel.
The police then collected it.
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He gives this generation of detectives another way to follow, although they are not clear what is at the end.
The police weigh
What they say:
“It is a teamwork through several generations of investigators. It’s just that you transmit it.” It is essentially an unresolved puzzle. And you’re just looking to get, you know, trying to bring some of the missing pieces together and try to conclude it. We now have an available technology that they did not have at the time, and you try to put both together and create a successful result in your survey. “”
The FPD said that if you know something, call them at 414-858-2643.
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On February 1, 1986, Lyle Trudeau’s body was found in a ditch on West Elm Road in Franklin.
The source: Franklin’s police service has provided information for this report.