By Kim McDarison Fort Atkinson resident Elizabeth Durkee made an initial appearance today in the Jefferson County Circuit Court where she faces charges of first-degree intentional homicide; strangulation and suffocation; arson of a building without the owner’s consent, and mutilating a corpse. The crimes are alleged to have taken place...
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Homicide, strangulation, arson among charges filed in relation to Foster Street house fire
By Kim McDarison Charges have been filed against Elizabeth M. Durkee, the 36-year-old Fort Atkinson resident who was listed as a “suspect” in an AMBER Alert released by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Friday. Durkee is scheduled to appear in Jefferson County Circuit Court before Judge Robert F. Dehring, Jr.,...
Fort police and state fire marshal investigate suspicious death
Editor's note: the following information has been released by the Wisconsin Department of Justice. The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) State Fire Marshal’s Office, with assistance from Fort Atkinson Police Department, is investigating a suspicious death and residential fire that took place on Friday, June...
One dead in house fire on Foster Street; related Amber Alert issued
Update: The Amber Alert is canceled. The child has been found safe. Update: An Amber Alert has been issued and states the following: At approximately 10:44 a.m., on June 11, 2021, a fire occurred at 415 Foster St, Fort Atkinson, Wis. A deceased individual was located in the fire. Elizabeth...
Police conduct investigation into ‘accidental and self-inflicted’ shooting death
The Whitewater Police Department released on Thursday, June 10, the following information: On Friday, June 4, at 9:21 p.m., the City of Whitewater Police Department received a 9-1-1 call. Officers were dispatched to the apartments located within the 300 block of N. Tratt Street after receiving a report of a...