Ex-Milwaukee officer to plead in bodies-in-suitcases case
Source: Associated Press
Ex-Milwaukee officer to plead in bodies-in-suitcases case
Gretchen Ehlke, Associated Press
Updated 3:40 pm, Wednesday, June 8, 2016
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A former suburban Milwaukee police officer accused of killing two women and ditching their bodies in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin highway is facing extradition to Minnesota where he's charged in the death of one of the victims.
The Wisconsin case against Steven Zelich is expected to wrap up Wednesday, when he enters a plea and is sentenced on two counts of hiding a corpse. Zelich, 54, has already been sentenced in nearby Kenosha County to 35 years in prison in the 2012 death of Jenny Gamez, 19, of Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Zelich's attorney, Jonathan Smith, said the former West Allis officer would resolve the case in Walworth County, Wisconsin, where two suitcases containing the victims' remains were found by highway workers mowing the grass in 2014.
Zelich is expected to plead guilty to one of the two counts of hiding a corpse, with the other count dismissed, said Walworth County District Attorney Daniel A. Necci. The prosecution and defense have agreed to recommend a 10-year prison sentence, Necci said.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Former-officer-to-plead-to-hiding-bodies-in-7970419.php
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