HomeBERIT BECK - 18 (7-1990) - / Suspect: Dennis Brantner - Sturtevant, WI
BERIT BECK - 18 (7-1990) - / Suspect: Dennis Brantner - Sturtevant, WI
by twinkletoes Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:26 am
Suspect eyed in kidnap, killing of Berit Beck, 18, in 1990
Journal Sentinel
April 6, 2014
Berit Beck is seen in a photo from 1990. Investigators may have a break in the 1990 abduction and killing of 18-year-old Sturtevant resident Berit Beck, Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mylan C. Fink Jr. announced.
Journal Sentinel
April 6, 2014
Berit Beck is seen in a photo from 1990. Investigators may have a break in the 1990 abduction and killing of 18-year-old Sturtevant resident Berit Beck, Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mylan C. Fink Jr. announced.
Fond du Lac County investigators reportedly have evidence that points to a 60-year-old trucker from Kenosha in the 1990 abduction and killing of 18-year-old Sturtevant resident Berit Beck.
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office will hold a news conference Monday at 11:30 a.m. to "discuss recent developments" in the case of Beck, who was kidnapped July 17, 1990, on her way to a computer class in Appleton.
Beck's van was found two days later in a Kmart parking lot in Fond du Lac. Her body was found about six weeks later, on Aug. 22, dumped in a rural ditch near Waupun, according to Journal Sentinel archives. The cause of her death was believed to be strangulation and suffocation.
Action Reporter Media in Fond du Lac, citing a March 28 search warrant looking for possible evidence of first-degree intentional homicide, reported that investigators have received new analyses from the Wisconsin State Crime Lab of five pieces of previously submitted evidence. The results suggest the trucker had been in Beck's van.
The Journal Sentinel typically doesn't name suspects until charges have been filed in court, and online court records did not show charges against the man as of Sunday evening.
"We have tangible, physical evidence to put a prime suspect intimately in the interior of the van," Sheriff Mick Fink told Action Reporter Media, which reported that the search warrant reveals investigators wanted photos of the suspect's hands, one of which is deformed, to compare it to evidence collected from Beck's van in 1990.
The evidence was submitted to the state crime lab in 1990 but nothing turned up at the time. This is puzzling to investigators and Beck's family because the current suspect would have been on file for an arrest in Kenosha on an unrelated matter Aug. 6, 1990, nearly three weeks after Beck's van was found.
The evidence was resubmitted last year, and results came back in late February, according to the search warrant.
Beck's parents, Diane and David Beck, told the Fond du Lac newspaper that detectives from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office visited them at their Union Grove home about a month ago to say there were new developments in their daughter's cold case. The family didn't have a big reaction at first because they'd been disappointed by such developments in the past. But having a name and evidence has given them hope that this time will be different.
Diane Beck said she didn't know if the crime lab made a mistake years ago. Rather she said she chooses to believe it was simply a set of "fresh eyes" that led to the new developments.
Beck now works for the Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of Compassionate Friends, a group that helps families that have had children die.
"I hope this encourages other families that are dealing with the loss of children. There are so many missing children out there," she told the Reporter.
Investigators told the Reporter that they have spoken to the trucker, but he hasn't been arrested. He was arrested on an unrelated incident last summer, the paper said.
Technological advances can allow investigators to reanalyze old evidence and find new clues, which can help them solve cold cases.
The developments in the Fond du Lac case come at the same time as an arrest in an unrelated Racine County cold case involving a teenager.
The Racine County Sheriff's Office is also scheduled to hold a news conference Monday to reveal the identity of a 36-year-old Illinois man who has been arrested in the slaying of Amber Gail Creek, a 14-year-old runaway from Illinois. Her body was found in a marsh in the Karcher Wildlife Refuge in the Town of Burlington on Feb. 9, 1997.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/suspect-eyed-in-kidnap-killing-of-berit-beck-18-in-1990-b99241789z1-254110771.html#ixzz2yGkp6VMh
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office will hold a news conference Monday at 11:30 a.m. to "discuss recent developments" in the case of Beck, who was kidnapped July 17, 1990, on her way to a computer class in Appleton.
Beck's van was found two days later in a Kmart parking lot in Fond du Lac. Her body was found about six weeks later, on Aug. 22, dumped in a rural ditch near Waupun, according to Journal Sentinel archives. The cause of her death was believed to be strangulation and suffocation.
Action Reporter Media in Fond du Lac, citing a March 28 search warrant looking for possible evidence of first-degree intentional homicide, reported that investigators have received new analyses from the Wisconsin State Crime Lab of five pieces of previously submitted evidence. The results suggest the trucker had been in Beck's van.
The Journal Sentinel typically doesn't name suspects until charges have been filed in court, and online court records did not show charges against the man as of Sunday evening.
"We have tangible, physical evidence to put a prime suspect intimately in the interior of the van," Sheriff Mick Fink told Action Reporter Media, which reported that the search warrant reveals investigators wanted photos of the suspect's hands, one of which is deformed, to compare it to evidence collected from Beck's van in 1990.
The evidence was submitted to the state crime lab in 1990 but nothing turned up at the time. This is puzzling to investigators and Beck's family because the current suspect would have been on file for an arrest in Kenosha on an unrelated matter Aug. 6, 1990, nearly three weeks after Beck's van was found.
The evidence was resubmitted last year, and results came back in late February, according to the search warrant.
Beck's parents, Diane and David Beck, told the Fond du Lac newspaper that detectives from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office visited them at their Union Grove home about a month ago to say there were new developments in their daughter's cold case. The family didn't have a big reaction at first because they'd been disappointed by such developments in the past. But having a name and evidence has given them hope that this time will be different.
Diane Beck said she didn't know if the crime lab made a mistake years ago. Rather she said she chooses to believe it was simply a set of "fresh eyes" that led to the new developments.
Beck now works for the Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of Compassionate Friends, a group that helps families that have had children die.
"I hope this encourages other families that are dealing with the loss of children. There are so many missing children out there," she told the Reporter.
Investigators told the Reporter that they have spoken to the trucker, but he hasn't been arrested. He was arrested on an unrelated incident last summer, the paper said.
Technological advances can allow investigators to reanalyze old evidence and find new clues, which can help them solve cold cases.
The developments in the Fond du Lac case come at the same time as an arrest in an unrelated Racine County cold case involving a teenager.
The Racine County Sheriff's Office is also scheduled to hold a news conference Monday to reveal the identity of a 36-year-old Illinois man who has been arrested in the slaying of Amber Gail Creek, a 14-year-old runaway from Illinois. Her body was found in a marsh in the Karcher Wildlife Refuge in the Town of Burlington on Feb. 9, 1997.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/suspect-eyed-in-kidnap-killing-of-berit-beck-18-in-1990-b99241789z1-254110771.html#ixzz2yGkp6VMh
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Re: BERIT BECK - 18 (7-1990) - / Suspect: Dennis Brantner - Sturtevant, WI
by twinkletoes Tue Apr 08, 2014 6:16 am
Sheriff: New physical evidence in Berit Beck homicide case
UPDATED 7:03 PM CDT Apr 07, 2014
FOND DU LAC, Wis. —Fond du Lac deputies investigating a 1990 homicide have gathered evidence that may identify a person of interest in the case.
VIDEO: Sheriff Mick Fink discusses Berit Beck case
The 1990 death of Berit Beck has confounded authorities for a couple of decades.
Beck was an 18-year-old Sturtevant woman. She was found slain in a Waupun ditch, and evidence recovered from her van was at the time inconclusive.
VIDEO: Investigators make big break in cold case
But deputies have now identified a primary suspect, 60-year-old Dennis Brantner, because of tangible evidence that was recently analyzed a second time.
Fink said that the evidence now places Brantner inside Beck's van.
"We have tangible, physical evidence to put a prime suspect ... intimately in the interior of the van," Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink said.
Brantner is believed to have been a trucker at the time of the crime in 1990. He lives in Kenosha now but lived near Fond du Lac at the time.
Fink said that the crime lab requested photographs of the the man's hands, and a search warrant was issued.
He said Monday that the search warrant was not successfully executed, but photographs were obtained. Fink did not elaborate on how the photographs of the man were obtained.
Beck disappeared while on her way to Appleton for a computer seminar. She was last seen leaving the Forest Mall in Fond du Lac in July 1990.
Her van was found in a store parking lot two days after she was reported missing, with 462 extra miles on the odometer.
Her body was found six weeks later in western Fond du Lac County, and autopsy reports concluded that strangulation and suffocation were the likely causes of death.
Beck's mother talked to WISN 12 News about the new developments in the case.
Diane Beck said Berit's birthday is this weekend, and she said she will never give up looking for her daughter's killer.
"I made a promise at her gravesite that I was going to keep this going as much as I could and for as long as I could," Diane Beck said.
Investigators said they don't have enough evidence to arrest Brantner. Fink said he is hoping that someone remembers something that could help break the case, and hopes Monday's's announcement of new physical evidence may serve as a catalyst.
"This is the best physical evidence we have had in 23 1/2 years of this case," he said. "Somebody remembers. This was a big deal around here and across the state."
Anyone with information is asked to call Fond du Lac's anonymous tip line at 920-906-4777.
http://www.wisn.com/news/officials-to-discuss-possible-break-in-berit-beck-murder-case/25354972#ixzz2yGylTIhv
FOND DU LAC, Wis. —Fond du Lac deputies investigating a 1990 homicide have gathered evidence that may identify a person of interest in the case.
- RAW: Update on Berit Beck homicide case
New analysis of evidence from Berit Beck's van has provided the best physical evidence that has been obtained in the 23.5 year investigation
VIDEO: Sheriff Mick Fink discusses Berit Beck case
The 1990 death of Berit Beck has confounded authorities for a couple of decades.
Beck was an 18-year-old Sturtevant woman. She was found slain in a Waupun ditch, and evidence recovered from her van was at the time inconclusive.
VIDEO: Investigators make big break in cold case
But deputies have now identified a primary suspect, 60-year-old Dennis Brantner, because of tangible evidence that was recently analyzed a second time.
Fink said that the evidence now places Brantner inside Beck's van.
"We have tangible, physical evidence to put a prime suspect ... intimately in the interior of the van," Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink said.
Brantner is believed to have been a trucker at the time of the crime in 1990. He lives in Kenosha now but lived near Fond du Lac at the time.
Fink said that the crime lab requested photographs of the the man's hands, and a search warrant was issued.
He said Monday that the search warrant was not successfully executed, but photographs were obtained. Fink did not elaborate on how the photographs of the man were obtained.
Beck disappeared while on her way to Appleton for a computer seminar. She was last seen leaving the Forest Mall in Fond du Lac in July 1990.
Her van was found in a store parking lot two days after she was reported missing, with 462 extra miles on the odometer.
Her body was found six weeks later in western Fond du Lac County, and autopsy reports concluded that strangulation and suffocation were the likely causes of death.
Beck's mother talked to WISN 12 News about the new developments in the case.
Diane Beck said Berit's birthday is this weekend, and she said she will never give up looking for her daughter's killer.
"I made a promise at her gravesite that I was going to keep this going as much as I could and for as long as I could," Diane Beck said.
Investigators said they don't have enough evidence to arrest Brantner. Fink said he is hoping that someone remembers something that could help break the case, and hopes Monday's's announcement of new physical evidence may serve as a catalyst.
"This is the best physical evidence we have had in 23 1/2 years of this case," he said. "Somebody remembers. This was a big deal around here and across the state."
Anyone with information is asked to call Fond du Lac's anonymous tip line at 920-906-4777.
http://www.wisn.com/news/officials-to-discuss-possible-break-in-berit-beck-murder-case/25354972#ixzz2yGylTIhv
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