30 Year Old Ladysmith Murder Case Back In Court

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30 Year Old Ladysmith Murder Case Back In Court

By KBJR News 1

Story Published: Jul 21, 2008 at 4:10 PM CST

Story Updated: Jul 21, 2008 at 4:10 PM CST

A Rusk County jury will hear evidence in the trial of a northern Wisconsin man accused of fatally shooting a college student nearly 30 years ago.

55yr ols Harry John Rogers is charged with first-degree murder in the August 1979 death of 27-year-old Robert Pfeil outside his rural Ladysmith home.

Prosecutors say then-Rusk County District Attorney Robert Rogers recruited three of his brothers, including Harry John Rogers, as hit men because he feared Pfeil wanted to kill him and his family after sheriff's deputies killed some of Pfeil's dogs.

No one was charged in the case until after a grand jury was convened in 2004.

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