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July 21, 2021
A Rock County jury finds a Janesville man guilty of first-degree intentional homicide.
24-year-old Julian Collazo was on trial this week for the second time in the 2017 stabbing death of 43-year-old Christine Scaccia-Lubeck.
Rock County Judge Barbara McCrory declared a mistrial in his first trial back in October of 2019 due to an uncooperative juror refusing to deliberate.
District Attorney David O’Leary pointed to DNA evidence linking Collazo to the murder, including the victim’s blood on his clothing and his DNA underneath her fingernails.
Defense attorney Jeff Jensen tried to argue that Collazo’s upset girlfriend Nicole Kazar actually committed the murder before the two stole Scaccia-Lubeck’s vehicle and fled the state.
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July 19, 2021
The second jury trial of a Janesville man charged with homicide is underway this week in Rock County Court.
District Attorney David O’Leary is trying to convict 24-year-old Julian Collazo of first-degree intentional homicide in the 2017 stabbing death of 43-year-old Christine Scaccia-Lubeck.
Collazo’s attorney Jeff Jensen contend that Collazo’s jealous girlfriend Nicole Kazar actually committed the murder. She is expected to testify in court Tuesday.
Monday’s testimony featured the victim’s mother describing the moment she discovered her daughter’s dead body.
Multiple Janesville police officers and detectives also testified with evidence collected from the crime scene, including Collazo’s shoes that match a shoe print left in the victim’s blood.