JANESVILLE
Julian D. Collazo was found guilty of murdering Christine Scaccia-Lubeck in 2017, a jury decided after about 90 minutes of deliberation Wednesday.
No reaction by Collazo could be detected as Judge Barbara McCrory read the verdict, but Scaccia-Lubeckâs mother, Diane Somers, sobbed.
The family has waited 2½ years to hear a guilty verdict, including waiting through a previous trial in which the jury could not reach a verdict.
Co-prosecutor Jerry Urbik said afterward that the wait took an emotional toll on the family.
Collazo, 24, must be sentenced to life in the prison system, but that could include supervised release. Urbik said the state will ask that Collazo not be given extended supervision because of the brutal nature of the crime.
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JANESVILLE
The second trial of a man charged with brutally stabbing a 43-year-old Janesville woman to death got underway Monday with the anticipated weeklong trial set to play out in Rock County Court after a mistrial was declared in 2019.
Julian D. Collazo, 24, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the stabbing death of Christine H. Scaccia-Lubeck, who was found dead in her Janesville home Dec. 9, 2017.
Rock County District Attorney David OâLeary with Assistant Jerry Urbik are once again attempting to prove Collazoâs guilt and plan to call witnesses including Scaccia-Lubeckâs mother and multiple Janesville Police Department officers and detectives.
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