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Margaret Maggie Lerche

Case from Osceola, WI dated Jan 22, 2024

Victim Details

Margaret Maggie Lerche

Female

White / Caucasian

Osceola

WI

2024-01-22

34

Margaret

Maggie Lerche

Yes

08/19/2026

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Margaret "Maggie" Ler'che, a 34-year-old White/Caucasian woman, died on January 22, 2024, during a violent incident at the rural Osceola-area home she shared with her husband in the Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin. In the months before her death, Margaret and the couple's two children had been staying with her father in Iowa while she and her husband, Jared Ler'che, experienced marital problems. On the afternoon of January 22, her father helped her pack belongings at the Wisconsin res ...
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  • Star Tribune: Murder charge: Man shot wife, captured in western Wisconsin with his 2 kids as he reached for rifle
  • KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News: Charges: Wisconsin man beat, strangled, shot wife before fleeing with children
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