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Karen Fry

Case from Lena, WI dated May 15, 2018

Victim Details

Karen Fry

Female

White / Caucasian

Lena

WI

2018-05-15

48

Karen

Fry

07/13/2026

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In the small town of Lena, Wisconsin, a quiet spring day in May of 2018 was shattered by a devastating fire that would ultimately reveal a deeper tragedy. On the morning of May 15th, emergency services responded to a blaze at a manufactured home. Inside, they discovered the bodies of 48-year-old Karen Fry, a Caucasian female, and her 47-year-old husband, Dennis Fry.

The initial investigation into the fire quickly deemed it to be of a suspicious nature, prompting the involvement of the sta ...
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  • Press Gazette Media: Deaths of Lena couple ruled murder-suicide
  • Medical examiner: Lena couple died in murder-suicide - WBAY
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