STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A $1 million can bond has been set for a Michigan man accused of killing his wife in 1975 in Door County.
Online court records indicate 82-year-old Richard Pierce appeared in Door County court on Friday.
He is charged in the murder of his wife, Carol Jean, although her body has never been found.
Investigators have been searching Pierce’s property in Cheboygan, Michigan, for Carol Jean Pierce’s remains.
Pierce is due back in court on Tuesday.
