WI WI - Terry Dolowy, 24, Barre Mills, 14 Feb 1985

[waunakeegan]

Here's some newer articles on Terry's case:
Police narrow focus in Dolowy investigation

Unsolved Murder - Terry Dolowy - Only Joggers Find Bodies

It appears the semen sample for Terry's rape kit has been run for DNA and it does not match Terry's Fiancee or other suspects in the case.

 

[bbbd4u]

Inexplicably this case has just been entered into NamUs. Anyone understand why?

Some cases are making there way to NamUs because of the public entering them and the families entering them. There have been a few I have entered in (Terry was not one of them) who are not in NamUs. Some Law Enforcement agencies have not approved on them because they are unaware of what NamUs is. Hopefully one day every county in the country will be aware of what NamUs is and how much it can help aid in a search for information on a missing person.

 

[Keiri]

I wonder if this means the DNA did not match her.

 

[46daze]

There’s been a confession, police not commenting now.

ETA: confession to a nurse at a hospital. (MOO, the hospital is Mendota, a state mental health facility.)

Man reportedly confesses to Madison police over 1985 Vernon Co. cold case

VERNON CO., Wis. (WKBT) -- One local cold case might have just warmed up.

www.news8000.com

 

[Quoththeraven]

There’s been a confession, police not commenting now.

ETA: confession to a nurse at a hospital. (MOO, the hospital is Mendota, a state mental health facility.)

Man reportedly confesses to Madison police over 1985 Vernon Co. cold case

VERNON CO., Wis. (WKBT) -- One local cold case might have just warmed up.

www.news8000.com

According to the police, they have DNA. We'll have to see if it's a match.​

The La Crosse Tribune​

La Crosse, Wisconsin · Sunday, February 18, 2001

 

[mejohnson]

I came across this unsolved case when browsing tonight. I had not heard of this one and I am in Wisconsin. It is very interesting. Terry Dolowy, 24 went missing, 4 days later her headless body was found burning in a ditch. The articles at the link start out in 1985 up to 2001 I believe. They were in 2001 discussing DNA evidence. Her little white poodle named Suzie disapeared with her. I am gonna go search to see if I can come up with more current info. Here is the link for the articles.

http://www.lacrosselibrary.org/digitalproject/dolowy.htm

Man tells Madison nurse he killed woman in 1985 cold case

Madison police officials contacted their Vernon County law enforcement counterparts after a patient told a nurse he killed a woman in 1985.

www.wkow.com

 

[mejohnson]

According to the police, they have DNA. We'll have to see if it's a match.​

The La Crosse Tribune​

La Crosse, Wisconsin · Sunday, February 18, 2001

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That weirdo that laid on the grave was my ex b/f. I dated him back in 2016 and he freaked out and told me alot about the case.

 

[46daze]

New article, but nothing new:

Valentine's Day Murder: Vernon, La Crosse County investigation continues into 1985 Terry Dolowy case

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The Coulee Region saw a spring of violent crimes in the first few months of 1985, and one murder case in particular remains one of the

www.news8000.com

 

[46daze]

Update:

Tomah truck driver charged with 1985 murder of Terry Dolowy in Vernon County - VernonReporter

VIROQUA, Wis. - Law enforcement officials from Vernon, Monroe County and La Crosse counties announced today that 60-year-old Michael Raymond Popp, of Tomah, Wis. has been charged with first degree homicide for the murder of Terry Dolowy who's body was found burned and decapitated in Vernon...

vernonreporter.com

(Vernon Report is MSN, just tiny)

 

[dotr]

September 25, 2024

In 1985, a Wisconsin college student was found decapitated in a culvert. A man has now been charged in her killing.

Terry Dolowy went missing on Feb. 14, 1985. Days later, her decapitated and burning body was found near a roadside.

www.cbsnews.com

''Michael Raymond Popp of Tomah was arrested Monday on one count of first-degree murder in the slaying of 24-year-old Terry Dolowy. He was being held at the Vernon County Jail on $1 million cash bail.

Popp, 60, had not retained an attorney as of Wednesday morning, the Vernon County Clerk's Office said.

Prosecutors said Popp knew Dolowy, a River Forest, Illinois, native who was a senior at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. At the time of her killing, he lived a short distance from where Dolowy lived in La Crosse County with her fiancé, according to a criminal complaint.''

https://www.wxow.com/news/top-stories/tomah-man-charged-with-1985-homicide-of-terry-

 

[Quoththeraven]

Another 1976 burnt body case, from Monroe County area of a young woman, Debra Jayne Bennett, age 20, just 80 miles away (Kendall, WI to Cross Plains).

Murdered: Debra Bennett | Madison, WI | Uncovered

A young woman's body is found a week after she is last seen

uncovered.com

Monroe, WI Area Cold Cases

Cold cases and unsolved crimes in Monroe, WI.

spotcrime.com

 

[Keiri]

Judge: Enough evidence for trial in Dolowy murder

Judge: Enough evidence for trial in Dolowy murder​

 

[Keiri]

Tomah man pleads not guilty to 1985 murder of Terry Dolowy

VIROQUA, Wis. (WKBT) -- The man accused in the 1985 murder of Terry Dolowy has pleaded not guilty.

www.news8000.com

 

[dotr]

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Jan 7, 2025
Michael Popp, the man accused of killing Terry Dolowy in 1985 appeared in court on Tuesday where he pleaded not guilty to the charges.

 

[UncoolNegated]

So Terry Dolowy is listed as a missing person even though her body was found? I wondered if it was because she had been decapitated and the head is still missing. Kelly Disney's case is like that. They found her head but not her body and so she is still considered missing.

 

[Keiri]

So Terry Dolowy is listed as a missing person even though her body was found? I wondered if it was because she had been decapitated and the head is still missing. Kelly Disney's case is like that. They found her head but not her body and so she is still considered missing.

Until they have all existing parts they keep them on NaMus as missing.

 

[UncoolNegated]

Until they have all existing parts they keep them on NaMus as missing.

I think that they should mention these details.

 

[Keiri]

I think that they should mention these details.

Usually they do, like in the case of Antonio Guerrero: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

They say “Since this is a partial recovery, case will remain open in NamUs.”
But everyone enters things slightly differently. You could always contact the detective and ask them to add it.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“I still think that (puzzle piece) will surface sometime here in the future,” Bjerkos said.

The case reverberated throughout the community, said La Crosse County Circuit Court Judge Scott Horne.

“When she was discovered the way she was, it was just a horrific moment,” Horne said.

Terry Dolowy 'not forgotten' after 35 years: La Crosse, Vernon counties still searching for her killer

She was reported missing at 8 a.m. Feb. 14, 1985, and found four days later in a ditch in Vernon County, decapitated and on fire.

madison.com