Saturday, August 01, 2009

Thirty Year Cold Case Gets Solved


JEFFERSON, Wisconsin - Engraved beneath intertwined hearts that form a headstone at the grave site of Tim Hack and Kelly Drew are words that have haunted their small southeastern Wisconsin community for nearly three decades: "Kidnapped and Slain."

Hack was a farmer who drove a tractor nicknamed "The Lonesome Loser." Drew had just graduated from beauty school. Both 19, no one doubted they'd one day be married.
But two months after they vanished from an Aug. 9, 1980, wedding reception, searchers found the high school sweethearts' decomposed bodies in the countryside only a few miles (kilometres) from the reception hall, setting off a nearly 30-year mystery with few leads.

Until now. On Thursday, Wisconsin investigators armed with a DNA match arrested a 76-year-old man in Louisville, Kentucky, who had been a handyman at the reception site. Prosecutors have charged Edward W. Edwards with two counts of first-degree murder. He faces life in prison if convicted.

District Attorney Susan V. Happ declined to comment on what led investigators back to Edwards, saying only that new evidence had emerged since he was first questioned in 1980.
Drew's mother, Norma Walker, said she was shocked to hear the news from Jefferson County Sheriff Paul Milbrath. But instead of closure, the arrest has only ripped open old wounds, said Walker, now 70. She does not want to hear details and is dreading a trial.

"You hope this day would come, but now that it's here, it's really hard. Everything starts all over again. All the memories come back," she said. "He robbed me of my daughter, robbed me of Christmases, birthdays, weddings, everything families do together."

Edwards pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Saturday in Louisville. An officer pushed him into the hearing in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank. Edwards also had a cast on his left arm. He was held on $500,000 cash bond, and a judge scheduled a probable cause hearing for Monday.

According to the criminal complaint, Hack's father reported the couple missing on Aug. 10, 1980. They were last seen leaving the reception at the Concord House, a dance hall in Sullivan, a town about 40 miles (65 kilometres) west of Milwaukee, around 11 p.m. the night before.
David Hack found his son's car in the hall's parking lot, still locked with his son's wallet inside. Five days later, investigators found Drew's shredded pants, panties and bra in the road about three miles (five kilometres) from Concord House.

In October, hunters found Drew's body in the woods about eight miles (13 kilometres) from Concord House. Tim Hack's body was found in the same area the next day. A medical examiner found signs that Drew had been tied up and strangled, and her boyfriend had been stabbed.
Investigators learned Edwards was a handyman at Concord House and campgrounds next to the hall. Witnesses remembered Edwards had a bloody nose during the weekend the couple disappeared. He said he had hurt it deer hunting.

The complaint said Edwards and his family left Wisconsin in September 1980, shortly after detectives initially questioned him. They interviewed Edwards again in June in Louisville.
He at first denied hearing anything about the couple going missing, the complaint said, but when detectives pressed him he said he had beers at the Concord House and may have seen the couple. He also said he had never been deer hunting. Investigators took DNA from him then. Earlier this month, authorities said the state crime lab matched it to semen on Drew's pants.

Investigators arrested Edwards at his Louisville home Thursday without incident.
Hack's father, now 71, said all he wants to know now is why his son and his son's girlfriend were chosen.
"I'm glad it's over," David Hack said. "I don't know how you can't admit to it if the DNA matches."
I love it when a cold case gets solved.

64 comments:

  1. I'll be here in 30 minutes Nee.Got to run an errand....luv...PIC

    9:30 your time

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  2. Anonymous9:30:00 PM

    I heard about this case ant long ago, A&E aired it of Cold Case Files about a couple of months ago.
    Good they solved it and maybe the families can get some closure.
    Now the state will have to care for his old ass.

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  3. Actually the killer will get better care than he was getting;good medical care and healthy food.

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  4. He's very satisfied with how it turned out,a roof over his head and three squares a day.For life.

    Did you have a busy day?are you moving stuff into the house.?

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  5. Anonymous9:38:00 PM

    That is so true.

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  6. Anonymous9:40:00 PM

    We have a saying, he has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. He's damn near dead now.

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  7. Anonymous9:43:00 PM

    Yes I had a sorta busy day, it's still raining ,it let up most of the day and they was able to move some stuff in from storage. My kitchen is in..

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  8. He don't have much to live for.they must feel a kind of relief when they are caught and in jail.All the running ,hiding,fear and stress over at last.

    I had to write the Mj post .I wanted it on record what I thought about the whole thing.My opinions don't have to be yours.It's probably interesting to readers for you and I to disagree on posts.

    However we usually agree on everything.

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  9. Anonymous9:46:00 PM

    I found a ugly dog holding up a pair of panties and posted it, Nan showed Gil and he commented, I am going to whip their musty butts.

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  10. Is your kitchen as great as you hoped it would be?

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  11. I would love to see some pictures of the house.Maybe you could do a tour on the blog in pictures.

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  12. Anonymous9:50:00 PM

    I agree on that post 100% , you write great and interesting posts, I think most time we are on the same page.
    I have one about Patrick Swayze in drafts, it's about his heart attack look it over and edit it.
    I wish you had put the heading on OJ..his goose is cooked.

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  13. I just read Gil's comment, very funny,but yours was funnier.

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  14. Anonymous9:54:00 PM

    Now thats what Nan told me to do also..yes I love the kitchen, everything is on one floor , I have a lot of space , I don't like it crowed.

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  15. I love that dog.He's not ugly.He looks rather lonely.

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  16. Anonymous9:56:00 PM

    Nan showed it to him and he said now everyone know baby don't wear drawers.

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  17. Anonymous9:58:00 PM

    I like him, some kind of chinese dog right with all the wrinkles.

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  18. Anonymous10:02:00 PM

    I am going stir crazy, losing my ever loving mind...if this weather don't get better are at least stop raining for 3/4 days so I can get something done.

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  19. I'm so glad it turned out the way you hoped.

    I would like a more spacious kitchen.Maybe in my next place.
    Please take pictures.

    It's so hot and muggy here,I snuggled with Brian and we stuck together.

    Which reminds me, Brian glued something in the garage with Crazy Glue and managed to glue the tube to his fingers.We tried every chemical in the place to get it off.
    Finally got it off with a combination of stuff.I can't remember what.This guy is a walking disaster.

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  20. It's called a Shar-pei.I love them.Reminds me of my ex's wife.

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  21. Anonymous10:07:00 PM

    Your grands still with you, I hope they stay the weekend.
    How is Nana ? I bet Brian is enjoying having them over.

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  22. I'll check your post.I can't believe that guy is still hanging in there.Says a lot about his will to live.

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  23. Anonymous10:11:00 PM

    Jeannnie shamed on you..she just want him to think she had a lot of choochies to choose from..boy was she surprise..he still getting laid by other women..hahaha

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  24. The kids went home this evening.We have to go out tomorrow or they would have stayed.We're going to Pete's birthday dinner.
    Jeremy drove them home for us.He' a good kid.Helped his Uncle Steve clean up the flood mess.

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  25. Anonymous10:15:00 PM

    Don't let Brian get any super glue close to the dangle, if you see him with any, please take it away from him. hahaha

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  26. To this day, my ex hasn't figured out where the real choochie is.It's like a treasure hunt.

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  27. Anonymous10:19:00 PM

    Wonderful...now all they have to worry about is replacing things.
    You enjoy the birthday party. The important thing is visiting with people you enjoy.

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  28. If he starts gluing things in the nude,I will have to take stern measures.
    If he glues that thing to his leg or his belly we'll both have problems.Apparently it takes weeks to wear off.
    He will walk funny and have to stand on his head to pee.

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  29. Anonymous10:24:00 PM

    Ex may be a nerd, but he sure is a dumb bastard..why in hell did he want that when he had a a little cutie and was smart to boot...men are so stupid and he can't get rid of her, I bet she don't give him any...I hope he has to buy it.

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  30. Anonymous10:26:00 PM

    Yep , and you can't give tap dancing lessons.

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  31. My ex has been known to purchase sexual pleasure.My kids saw him coming out of a house of ill repute.

    Funny thing,after our divorce he used to follow me everywhere.I'd always see a white mustang in my rear view mirror.After I was married he used to call our house at least once a month.Just heavy breathing and hang up.We knew it was him.One time he forgot to disguise his phone nimber.
    My kids told me he was still in love with me and that's why his wife hated me.

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  32. It takes real talent to tap dance while you are bumping uglies.

    We could audition for 'America's Got Talent'.

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  33. Anonymous10:35:00 PM

    Have you heard of this Sharon Harvey? She says she is a close friend of DC and had a Blog magazine out.DC was emailing her.
    Dodo have a lot of posts where people are e-mailig her about the woman. They better watch dodo ,they are getting those e-mails second handed, they could be made up..all her little minions fell in place.

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  34. Anonymous10:41:00 PM

    You can tell Brian was a "HUNK" before his sickness and hes not bad now.
    It serves her right, she knew he was married, but it turned out good for you..and badddd for him.

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  35. If he is really emailing this woman that will put DOdo's nose out of joint big time.She will go into attack mode.

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  36. Anonymous10:46:00 PM

    I will have to find the the address where this lady is defending Sharon Harvey,Her name is Cournteny Cox, not the actress.

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  37. Please find the address.This all sounds so fascinating.

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  38. Too bad DC doesn't have the balls to stop by our blog.We'd sure talk to him.

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  39. Anonymous10:53:00 PM

    She is in attack mode..Why do it matter to her? People can say what they want to about DC, or anyone else for that matter.But all these people e-mailing her to tell her how this Sharon mislead them is a load of crock. Why not just comment and let the world see it, I don't believe that shit.She has a post where Sharon is asking her to take her picture down and she has shut down her blog.

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  40. So her blog is shut down???

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  41. Anonymous10:59:00 PM

    I don't think the lady knew him,maybe she was just doing what dodo is doing.
    DC is not ever going to stop at there blog, Liza has his ass to the fire. It was just a magazine ,dodo is just mad because Sharon wouldn't write what she told her.. Like she tell this EM person.

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  42. What if Sharon Harvy is Katherine?
    Would that make sense?

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  43. Dodo is a bit of a Hitler.

    It's against party regulations to disagree with her.

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  44. Anonymous11:04:00 PM

    I think this is it.

    the life and journey of well me.blogspot.com

    I will get nan to go to dodo's tomorrow and get it for us.
    I looked at her profile ,she's young and in the army.

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  45. I wonder how the case is going for Liza.She wants enough to retire comfortably for the rest of her life.

    If DC didn't want children,he should have taken precautions.From everything I hear on the internet,he absolutely did not want to be a father.In fact he had plans for his retirement to the French Riviera.

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  46. Anonymous11:09:00 PM

    She might have been Katherine, she was harmless,seeing what she could get, this girl is defending Sharon as we did Vix..Sharon had the official red magazine,she lives in England.

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  47. If she's in the army,that doesn't fit Katherine's profile.Or does it?

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  48. Anonymous11:14:00 PM

    That is true ,Dc was trying to get back with Marg. Liza wanted him for herself so she got pregnant, and when she thought she was losing him she got pregnant again.DC never wanted to lose Marg.he knew she would put up with his shit.

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  49. I'm really happy for Marg.She got out at the right time.He still had money and property.She's comfortable now and has a new life and boyfriend.

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  50. Anonymous11:18:00 PM

    Remember Adrance, she commented on Vix once and said she and Marg was 2 sisters kids,she was happy,has a good man and he is in the business.She don't see her often because she lives in L.A.

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  51. I think I remember that post.It's amazing who turned up on that blog.DC even left a post there once.

    It was something like:
    People,
    Don't send me any more jams jellies,pictures or underwear....Thankyou
    David

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  52. Anonymous11:24:00 PM

    This Cox woman is defending Sharon.
    Her blog is still up and running. DODO says Sharon is 42 same as Vix. I wish I could turn some of Vix's posts around where they would be on the positive side and they not know right off it is me,I beat I would not tuck my tail roll over and play dead.
    One thing I can say about the three of us we were fighters.

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  53. Boy I'm glad I turned the dryer on on the air conditioner.We were swimming in here.
    We wanted to bath Max this evening to cool him down.As soon as he heard us say bath, he disappeared.We could not find him for over an hour.Brian thought he got out of the house and he walked all over the neighborhood.I thought he was in the house somewhere and would come out when he thought it was safe.

    True to form he suddenly reappeared when the coast was clear and daddy was scouring the neighborhood.

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  54. You and I are ripe for a good fight.We need to defend someone.
    I also feel guilty for not writing a bear post lately.I will have to correct that.

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  55. Anonymous11:32:00 PM

    Hahaha That wasn't DC Vix got that off Blind Item. Just like she said Vipix was named after her, shit we had pictures made there when I was in LA..It was on Vine between Rodeo Dr. and hollywood Blvd.
    Why would Dc show up on Vix Blog to say not to send him anything?

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  56. I was kind of new on her blog at that time and just assumed he stopped by from time to time.
    I was not used to the devious ways of Vixen.

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  57. Anonymous11:39:00 PM

    I bet my bears is thinking i have drowned...BL[Lois] said we had 642 dollars this month to send Nature Canada for our bears.

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  58. Well Sweet Cheeks I will be leaving you now to find a cloud to dream on. You do the same.You must get your beauty sleep.You've hit the big 40 and can't let your appearance slide.I think I will email you more.We can say very bad things on email,no restrictions.

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  59. Anonymous11:47:00 PM

    I was new but I knew a little more about DC than she did, A lot of the stuff she wrote about was old news you could surf the web and find and she would twist it the way she wanted,hell it was fun and then here come Monroe and I would ask her about the mystery lady and I asked K... also they beat around the bush. I bet there teeth would fall out if I had said it was me.
    I would have laughed so hard I may have pooped in my britches.hahaha

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  60. We should have had one of our family members write in as the mystery lady,just to keep eveyone guessing.My gosh that would have been fun.Nan would have done it in a minute.

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  61. Anonymous11:51:00 PM

    Sweetie I am 41 and counting.

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  62. Anonymous11:53:00 PM

    I think I will like that e-mail stuff.
    Goodnite sweeie and great dreams..
    LUV....PIC...NEE

    Hug the rock.

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  63. You hug old Long Shanks.I'l see you tomorrow...luv...luv...PIC

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  64. Post Script:Honey,you have to start lying about your age now.I was trying ti cut you a break.

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