From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune
LANCASTER, WIS. -- The southwest Wisconsin trial of a man accused of trying to dig up a grave in Cassville to have sex with a dead woman has ended in a mistrial.
Jurors found 23-year-old Alex Grunke guilty of criminal damage to a cemetery and attempted misdemeanor theft but deadlocked on attempted third-degree sexual assault. Grant County Circuit Judge George Curry called a mistrial late Tuesday.
Authorities say Grunke, his twin, Nicholas Grunke, and 22-year-old Dustin Radke went to a Cassville cemetery in 2006 to remove the body of a 20-year-old woman killed the week before in a motorcycle crash. Radke told investigators Nicholas Grunke wanted to have sex with the body.
Assistant District Attorney Tony Pozorski says he will retry the case.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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