WAUPACA COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – Authorities in Waupaca County say two people have been arrested in connection with a body found just outside of Clintonville.
24-year-old Adam J. Ozuna and 16-year-old Zachary T. Hohn are both charged with first-degree intentional homicide and robbery with use of force. Homicide cases always begin in adult court, under Wisconsin law.
The victim in this case has been identified as 25-year-old Matthew Pagel.
According to a criminal complaint, Ozuna and Hohn allegedly picked Pagel up from a motel in Clintonville where he was living early Monday morning.
Prosecutors say Pagel was looking to buy the drug Adderall and had been exchanging text messages with Ozuna and Hohn.
Ozuna and Hohn offered to drive Pagel to get some Adderall, but instead beat him to death in the car and robbed him. They ended up with $200 and Pagel’s jacket.
Prosecutors say they used a car belonging to the mother of Hohn’s girlfriend, who also lives with Ozuna.
When the two returned, they were covered in blood and told Hohn’s girlfriend about the beating. Her mother eventually found Pagel’s body in a ditch southeast of Clintonville and called 911 around 2:30 a.m.
According to the complaint, an anonymous caller told police on Monday morning that Hohn was bragging that he had, “Beaten Matthew Pagel to death last night somewhere outside of Clintonville.”
In court Tuesday afternoon, bond for both Hohn and Ozuna at $500,000 cash. Prosecutors cited criminal histories for both defendants as a reason for the high bond.
