Episode 282: The Recently Solved Murder of Yvonne Menke

Yvonne Menke was heading to warm up her car outside her apartment in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin on December 12, 1985 when she was fatally shot 3 times. While her daughter witnessed a suspect jogging away, there wasn’t enough evidence to tie the main suspect, her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend Mary Jo Lunsmann, to the murder. 38 years later, an arrest was made, and that suspect, now 80 years old, is currently awaiting trial.

Sources for this episode:

Criminal Complaint: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24165926-criminal-complaint-bailey-mary-josephine-2023cf000377-bailey-mary-josephine_1348179_1

https://www.wqow.com/news/crime/a-years-long-love-triangle-court-documents-give-new-details-into-1985-polk-county-homicide/article_64fba6aa-830d-11ee-96b5-57dd51452317.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/mary-bailey-yvonne-menke-cold-case-murder-charges-st-croix-falls-wisconsin/

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/woman-in-arizona-arrested-for-1985-st-croix-falls-unsolved-murder-wisconsin/89-16c8cafe-9236-4c0e-9058-1b947add0bd1

https://drydenwire.com/news/300k-cash-bond-ordered-for-woman-charged-with-polk-county-1985-homicide/

https://www.osceolasun.com/news/preliminary-hearing-bond-set-for-bailey/article_dd960f22-9e85-11ee-8092-f79e9ff0aaca.html

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/80-year-old-woman-charged-in-1985-cold-case-murder-of-romantic-rival

https://www.burnettcountysentinel.com/news/this-time-felt-different/article_70b7e27c-88af-11ee-8541-af834a123f53.html