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Koepp Bound For Trial On Charges Of Drunken Driving
Sheriff: Koepp Is Suspect In Lentz Family Slayings
UPDATED: 8:29 am CST January 30,
2007
JANESVILLE, Wis. -- A suspect in a triple homicide was bound over for trial on Monday, but not for the killing of three members of a family in a mobile-home park near Janesville earlier this month.James Koepp is headed for Rock County Court to face charges for allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase and for drunken driving that occurred in the days following the deaths of the Lentz family, WISC-TV reported.Daneytta Lentz and her two teenage children, 17-year-old Nicole and 14-year-old Scott, were found dead in their Rock Township home on Jan. 12.Investigators said that they put a dragnet out for Koepp after he had failed to show up for an interview about the killings. Koepp lived in a mobile home just behind the victims' trailer.He was arrested four days after the discovery of the Lentz family. A deputy said that he spotted Koepp's car weaving and that Koepp then took police on a 19-minute chase with speeds surpassing 75 mph.When he was stopped and was arrested for his third drunken driving offense and other felonies, Koepp allegedly told the arresting deputy that he didn't mean to kill anyone, WISC-TV reported.The Rock County district attorney is still awaiting results of DNA tests to see if Koepp's genetic material will be linked to the crime scene.The Rock County Sheriff Robert Spoden said that they believe he had a personal relationship with one of those who was killed. He said that Koepp is their one and only suspect, but that the district attorney hasn't felt he has enough evidence to file charges in the Lentz's deaths.Stay tuned to WISC-TV and Channel 3000 for continuing coverage.
Previous Stories:
- January 24, 2007: Victim Says Neighbor Was At Scene Of Janesville Triple Slaying
- January 20, 2007: Sheriff Defends Decisions On Murder Suspect's Treatment
- January 20, 2007: Authorities Decline To Press Murder Charges Against Koepp
- January 19, 2007: Investigators Seize Items From Triple-Homicide Scene, Suspect's Trailer
- January 18, 2007: Resident Of Janesville Mobile-Home Park Arrested In Triple Slaying
- January 17, 2007: Detectives Rule Out Ex-Husband, Boyfriend In Triple Slaying
- January 17, 2007: Investigators Examine Teen's Internet Activity For Clues In Triple Slaying
- January 16, 2007: Lab Testing DNA In Rock County Triple Slaying
- January 16, 2007: Authorities Piece Together New Clues In Rock County Triple Murder
- January 15, 2007: Authorities Continue Investigating Rock Township Triple Homicide
- January 15, 2007: Examiners Cite 'Complex Homicidal Violence' In Triple Slaying
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