Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Fond du Lac man accused of strangling girlfriend; his mother also jailed


Wisconsin News
Prosecutors in Fond du Lac said a man strangled his girlfriend, and got his mother and a friend to help burn her body and dump the ashes in Lake Winnebago.

Prosecutors in Fond du Lac said a man strangled his girlfriend, and got his mother and a friend to help burn her body and dump the ashes in Lake Winnebago.

Brandon Mueller, 36, his mother Nancy Pinno, 53, and Donald Worth, 48, are all in jail.

Pinno is being held on a $250,000 bond, and Worth is under a $150,000 bond.

Both are charged with assisting a felon, mutilating a corpse and obstructing an officer. Charges against Mueller were expected later this week.

Authorities said Mueller and Renee Redmer, 29, of Waukesha were dating less than a month before their relationship got rocky.

Her family reported Redmer missing Jan. 13, after she had disappeared eight days earlier.

Authorities said Mueller strangled her and hid the body in a cooler. And after Worth apparently told others what happened, officials said Mueller decided he had to dispose of Redmer’s body.

Prosecutors said Mueller and Worth burned the body for up to 14 hours, and then dropped the ashes on a then-frozen lake.

Investigators said they later found bone fragments and a burn barrel on Worth’s property.

Redman had pleaded innocent to possessing cocaine on the day she disappeared.

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