Man wanted in connection to Wisconsin triple homicide arrested
Booking photo of Virgil Thew (Juneau County Sheriff's Office)
A man at the center of a Wisconsin manhunt was apprehended Thursday.
According to the Juneau County Sheriff’s Office, Virgil Thew, a man wanted in connection to a triple homicide, is in custody.
The arrest ends an over week-long manhunt for Thew, who was wanted in connection with the deaths of an adult and two children in New Lisbon.
The adult victim was identified as 33-year-old Elizabeth Kolba, while the juvenile’s names were not released, but law enforcement identified them as a 12- and 13-year-old.
A family member, Stacia Huffman, later told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that her 13-year-old niece, Skyla Sorenson, was one of the victims and said the 12-year-old victim is a relative of Sorenson.
All three were found dead on Monday, Dec. 30, inside a home in New Lisbon, a community of about 2,500 people in Juneau County, roughly 180 miles southeast of the Twin Cities.