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Police continue to investigate homicide

Friday, May 2, 2008

STILL NO SUSPECTS TO REPORT IN THE MURDER OF 25-YEAR-OLD ROCHELLE ANDERSON OF IRMA. SIX WEEKS AGO SATURDAY NIGHT, SHE WAS FOUND BRUTALLY BEATEN AND STABBED OUTSIDE ZEPHYR FUEL ON NORTH FOURTH STREET WHERE SHE WORKED AS A CLERK.

TOMAHAWK CHIEF OF POLICE DON JOHNSON STATED, WHILE THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC SUSPECTS, THEY CONTINUE TO INTERVIEW AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE HAD INFORMATION RELATED TO THE MURDER. HE INDICATED THAT AS EACH DAY GOES BY, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS BEING PROCESSED NARROWING THE SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION. CHIEF JOHNSON SAID THAT HE HAS SEVERAL THEORIES, BUT AT THIS POINT, NOT ENOUGH FACTS TO BACK UP ANY ONE OF THEM.

MEANWHILE, THE STATE CRIME LAB IN MADISON CONTINUES TO ANALYZE POSSIBLE EVIDENCE FOUND IN A CAR BELONGING TO 21-YEAR-OLD NATHAN IVES OF WAUSAU. CHIEF JOHNSON THE WEEK FOLLOWING THE MARCH 22 MURDER NAMED HIM A PERSON OF INTEREST. AUTHORITIES IMPOUNDED HIS CAR. NATHAN IVES REMAINS JAILED IN MARATHON COUNTY AFTER HE FLED TO MILWAUKEE. HE WAS BEING SOUGHT BY AUTHORITIES FOR QUESTIONING ABOUT ROCHELLE ANDERSON’S DEATH. HE IS BEING HELD ON 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH BOND ON CHARGES OF BATTERY AND BURGLARY IN WAUSAU. THOSE CHARGES APPEAR TO BE UNRELATED TO THE MURDER INVESTIGATION.

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