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Police making progress in homicide investigation
Tuesday, April 8, 2008

“WE’RE MAKING PROGRESS EVERYDAY”. THOSE WERE THE WORDS MONDAY OF TOMAHAWK CHIEF OF POLICE DON JOHNSON AS HE HEADS UP THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDER OF 25-YEAR-OLD ROCHELLE ANDERSON OF IRMA. SHE WAS FOUND BRUTALLY BEATEN AND STABBED TO DEATH TWO WEEKS AGO SATURDAY OUTSIDE THE ZEPHYR FUEL LOCATION ON NORTH FOURTH STREET WHERE SHE WORKED AS A CLERK.

CHIEF JOHNSON STATED THAT EVERYDAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHO KILLED HER IS BEING ADDED TO THE INVESTIGATION. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF 21-YEAR-OLD NATHAN IVES. ACCORDING TO CHIEF JOHNSON, HE REMAINS CATEGORIZED AS A PERSON OF INTEREST. A WITNESS SAW A PERSON OF SIMILAR STATURE JUST PRIOR TO THE MURDER. A CAR PARKED IN THE GARAGE AT HIS RESIDENCE IN WAUSAU IS ALSO SIMILAR TO ONE SEEN NEAR THE SCENE OF THE MURDER. THAT VEHICLE WAS IMPOUNDED BY INVESTIGATORS AND TAKEN TO THE STATE CRIME LAB IN WAUSAU.

CHIEF JOHNSON IS NOT COMMENTING ON ANY POSSIBLE FINDINGS DURING THE EXTENSIVE ANALYZING OF THAT VEHICLE. HE IS ALSO NOT COMMENTING ON WHETHER INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED WITH NATHAN IVES HAVE SHED ANY LIGHT ON THE HOMICIDE. AFTER APPARENTLY BEING ON THE RUN, HE HAD TURNED HIMSELF IN TO MILWAUKEE POLICE A WEEK AGO FRIDAY AFTER A STATEWIDE SEARCH FOR HIS WHEREABOUTS WAS CONDUCTED.

NATHAN IVES WAS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT IN WEST BEND FOR A PLEA HEARING ON UNRELATED CHARGES OF RESISTING AND OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER.

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