Judge orders man suspected in Milwaukee serial killings to stand trial
By APWednesday, September 23, 2009
Accused Milwaukee serial killer must stand strial
MILWAUKEE — A judge has ordered a Milwaukee man accused of killing seven women over 21 years to stand trial.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Rebecca Dallet ruled after a preliminary hearing Wednesday that there was enough evidence to try 49-year-old Walter Ellis. He is charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of first-degree murder.
Prosecutors say the unemployed laborer’s DNA was found on the women and two others, who died between 1986 and 2007. Ellis has not been charged in the two other slayings.
After the hearing, defense attorney Russell Jones entered not guilty pleas for Ellis.
Dallet set the trial for May 3.
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