WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ) – A 52-year-old woman is jailed under a $100,000 bond, after being charged in the murder of her husband in Oconomowoc last May.
Amy Van Wagner faces Waukesha County charges of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse.
According to prosecutors, she claimed that she saw legs sticking out from a tarp in the couple’s basement — but officials say her husband, 50-year-old Stanley Van Wagner, was actually shot in another room and was then hidden downstairs.
Amy Van Wagner is due back in court March 4th, when a judge will decide if there’s enough evidence to order a trial.
Her attorney, John Schiro, tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the state might have a weak case after police used flash-bang grenades to arrest her early Wednesday — when they actually could have just handcuffed her as she walked out the door to go to her job.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
