MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ) – The man accused of the 1976 murder of a couple in Marinette County has been ordered to stand trial.
82-year-old Raymond Vannieuwenhoven allegedly fatally shot 24-year-old Ellen Matheys and 25-year-old David Schuldes on July 9th, 1976, at McClintock Park in Silver Cliff.
He’s scheduled to enter a plea on July 1 to two counts of first-degree murder.
Other allegations are that Vannieuwenhoven sexually assaulted Mathys, but that charge was dismissed due to the statute of limitations expiring.
While there is no statute of limitation on homicide charges.
At Wednesday’s preliminary hearing, two detectives testified.
For more than four decades, the murders of Schuldes and Matheys were unsolved.
A DNA sample from evidence at the crime scene was determined to be from a particular family, last year.
According to the criminal complaint, after tests of Vannieuwenhoven’s brothers excluded them, a sample obtained from Vannieuwenhoven was a match.
