MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Police in Janesville are planning to address concerns that two recent deaths and a third person’s disappearance may be connected.
Community fears have been stoked after investigators learned a man arrested in a stabbing on May 4 said he had killed three people that night.
Officers discovered Brittany Cross, the man’s girlfriend, dead behind a former furniture store the next morning. On Friday officers found Mary Coulthard’s body in the Rock River. Now they’re searching for Gerald Hockensmith, who was reported missing Wednesday.
Police have planned a news conference for Monday afternoon. They’re calling the incidents separate issues.
The man accused in the stabbing, Clayton Courtney, faces multiple charges in that incident, including attempted homicide and reckless endangerment. His attorney didn’t immediately return an email message Monday.
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