ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Milwaukee County, WI

The the trailhead Killing (1997)

Thaddeus Fairchild was killed near the trailhead in Milwaukee County, WI in 1997. The death was ruled a homicide caused by blunt force trauma, no one has been charged, and the file is still open.

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Rows of old filing cabinets in a dim municipal archive room
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1997

    Deputies responded to a call at the trailhead and found the victim already dead.

  2. 2000

    Evidence was re-submitted to the state lab; results were inconclusive.

  3. 2003

    The file was reopened after a records request made the reports public.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors indexed the public record and opened the case for review.

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