Monday, January 30, 2006
EVIDENCE IN FR. KUNZ'S MURDER ?
Matt Abbott reports:
Some readers know I've been following — and have written about — the unsolved 1998 murder of Father Alfred Kunz, a canon lawyer and priest of the Diocese of Madison, Wis.
I recently received the following (edited) e-mail from John Cavanaugh, a retired Dane County deputy:
I know a person with a very violent background was in the area on the day of the [Father Kunz] murder. It's one of those 'very, very long stories.' This person is now deceased. His biological father tells me that he'd had contact with Father Kunz, that he'd asked him for money and was refused, so he 'had to rough him up.' This was the same terminology he used when he related another incident to his father: that he'd asked his grandfather for money, was refused and had to 'rough him up.'
This particular incident took place about eight years prior to Fr. Kunz's demise. The perpetrator was my nephew, the grandfather was my father. He nearly died as a result of his injuries.
My nephew had a history of violence toward women. He was incarcerated pending trial on charges of assault, kidnapping and more when he committed suicide. Previously he'd served time in state prison for assaulting another woman.
Last year, I found out the nephew made the Father Kunz-related 'confession' to his dad.
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