1998 Murder of Fr. Alfred Kunz - Dane, WI

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Unsolved Chapter 1: Bury the dead

Murder of Alfred Kunz - Wikipedia
< Father Alfred Joseph Kunz, (April 15, 1931 – March 4, 1998), was a Catholic priest who was found with his throat slit in his Roman Catholic church in Dane, Wisconsin.[1] The still-unsolved murder investigation has been described as the most expensive and time-consuming investigation in Dane County's history.[2]>

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Kunz's friend, Abbot Ryan St. Anne Scott felt the murder was related to the deceased's investigation of sexual abuse scandals in the diocese. Abbot Ryan St. Anne Scott is a character himself (another rabbit hole)

 

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Oh I don't doubt it at all!

 

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Unsolved Chapter 1: Bury the dead

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4 suspects in the cold-case murder of Wisconsin priest Father Alfred Kunz

Dead suspect cleared in Fr. Kunz 1998 homicide

 

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On March 4, 1998, the tiny village of Dane became a crime scene. Police cars lined South Military Road, officials flocking to Blessed Trinity Catholic Parish and School, where an ambulance idled in the parking lot, its medical equipment useless. Kunz’s life couldn’t be saved.

Sometime between 10:30 p.m. and 7 a.m., an unknown assailant came into the school with a knife and slit the priest’s throat after a brief struggle. At 7 a.m., teacher Brian Jackson found him lying in a wide, dark pool of blood, arms outstretched.

As the years have marched on, the number of investigators on the case has fluctuated, dwindling from 20 at the beginning to a handful now. Among the current leaders in the investigation is Dane County Sheriff’s Office Detective Timothy Blanke. With nearly two decades in the sheriff’s office under his utility belt, Blanke has seen technological advances in investigative research happen in real time. He’s witnessed the advent of cellphone records and social media posts as evidence, DNA research becoming more sophisticated. It’s his duty to use the new to solve the old.

“I find myself kind of in this position where I’m bridging the gap between how we fought crime in 1998 versus how we fight it today,” Blanke said. “A lot of the stuff we’re doing today was not available then.”

Can DNA advancements help solve the 1998 murder of Rev. Alfred Kunz?

After 26 years, officials still can't say who killed Father Alfred Kunz. Thanks to DNA advances, though, they're learning more about the killer.

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