GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The suspect in a 1986 murder pleaded not guilty Monday.
Lou Griffin, 65, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the murder of Lisa Holstead.
During Monday’s arraignment, no trial date was set. Griffin returns to court April 26 for a status conference.
The 22 year-old’s body was found partially submerged in a swamp in the area now known as Ken Euers Nature Area on August 12, 1986. Twelve hours before that, she was last seen alive with her boyfriend near the intersection of W. Mason and Taylor streets.
According to a criminal complaint filed in October, investigators linked Griffin to the murder in 2020 by matching his DNA to a sample found at the scene. Police tracked Griffin and got his DNA from beer cans and a cigarette he threw away.
Police say Griffin fit the profile of the killer. He lived in Green Bay at the time of the murder and recently was released from prison for a sexual assault crime a month prior to Holstead’s death.
The complaint says Griffin initially denied ever seeing Holstead. However, when presented with the DNA evidence, he said he must have had sex with her but did not kill her. He said he did not remember having sex with her.
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