Man gets life in prison for murdering Wisconsin woman in 2000
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Juanita Zdroik, Miguel Cruz
RACINE COUNTY, Wis. - Miguel Cruz, 43, has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2000 murder of a Wisconsin woman.
Cruz faced a single count of first-degree intentional homicide. A jury found him guilty in February 21 years to the month after the victim s death.
On Feb. 7, 2000, the body of 39-year-old Juanita Zdroik was found on the side of a county road in the Town of Raymond. Police believe she witnessed Cruz and another man Elias Burgos kill two people and then, police say, the men killed her.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for 2019 Racine County homicide
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Troy Hoffman
RACINE COUNTY, Wis. - Troy Hoffman, 41, of New Berlin has been sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for the 2019 murder of Chad Bickler.
Hoffman was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, among other charges, after the Dec. 26, 2019 shooting. He fled the scene in Racine County and was taken into custody the following day in Dodge County.
A criminal complaint states Hoffman shot Bickler multiple times and also shot and killed his dog.
Authorities spoke with a woman who said Bickler was her love interest at the time and that her boyfriend, Hoffmann, had found out about Bickler. She told authorities that Hoffmann had texted her saying that if she was going to see Bickler, he was going kill Bickler.
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Late week, a Wisconsin jury delivered a measure of justice to the family of Juanita Zdroik, whose fatal shooting in 2000 went unsolved for some 21 years.
Jurors found Miguel Cruz, 43, guilty Friday of first-degree intentional homicide for shooting Zdroik to death in Raymond, Wisconsin, on Feb. 7, 2000. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Juanita s body was found along the side of a road in Raymond.
Police said two men recently came forward to identify Cruz as the killer.
The two tipsters told police that Juanita was murdered because she had witnessed the double homicides of a father and son in Wisconsin only hours before her death.