TOWN OF CLAYTON, WI (WTAQ) – After two bodies were found in the rubble of a fire in May, the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office has ruled the case a murder-suicide.
Deputies say the investigation found that 38-year-old Jeremy Wallenfang shot and killed 27-year-old Ashley Mielke at a home on Breezewood Lane.
He started a fire at the home just before 7 a.m. Tuesday, May 1st. Then Wallenfang shot himself.
Winnebago County officials say Wallenfang and Mielke were in a relationship that was ‘contentious’ at times.
A witness says Wallenfang had threatened to kill Mielke and burn the house to the ground in the months leading up to murder-suicide.
