GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A man charged with helping to dispose of the body of a woman who died from a drug overdose made his initial appearance in federal court Friday.
Keith Wilber, Jr., is charged with arson in connection with a federal felony, and misprision of a felony in connection with the death of Stephanie Greenspon. Her body was found Aug. 19 in an abandoned, burned vehicle on the Menominee Reservation.
A judge did not set a bond, as Wilber is at the Green Bay Correctional Institution on unrelated charges. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 16.
“The investigation revealed an attempt by Timothy Snider, Jr. to conceal evidence of the death of a woman resulting from his distribution of a controlled substance,” the criminal complaint states. “The investigation further reveals that Snider arranged for Emerson Reed, Keith Wilber, Jr., and Kayla Childs to take steps to conceal his actions.”
Those steps allegedly included moving the vehicle with her remains, then moving it again, then setting it on fire.
Snider allegedly provided Greenspon with heroin about two weeks before her body was found; she overdosed and died. Reed told police Snider asked him to help get rid of the car and her body. Reed then contacted Wilber for help, the complaint says.
“Reed stated once they arrived at the final location, he and Wilber doused the interior and exterior of the Tiburon with a fluid and set it afire. Reed said he then left in the Jeep and Wilber and Childs left in Wilber’s truck,” it states.
Snider is charged with distribution of a controlled substance, obstruction of justice, and use of communications to aid a narcotics offense. He has preliminary hearing June 15.
Childs is charged with misprision of a felony, and also has a June 15 preliminary hearing.
Reed is charged with arson in connection with a federal felony, and misprision of a felony. His preliminary hearing is June 16.
‘Misprision of a felony’ is a crime that occurs when someone knows a felony has been committed but fails to inform the authorities about it.
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