Little did Lt. Kropidlowski and the Portage County Sheriff’s Office know, their request would trigger an investigation that would expose a messy and deceitful family tree leaving authorities questioning what really happened on a rural property so many years ago.

On August 20, 1999, two women and a toddler were last seen at a babysitter’s on the outskirts of Nekoosa, Wisconsin, but it would take years for an investigation to begin.

In October of 2015, a 14-year-old girl disappeared from the safety of her home in Marathon County, and no one has heard or seen her since.

In December of 2000, Duane Rudolph received a letter in the mail saying his daughter has been taken, and the abductor signed their name admitting to the crime. 

A 27-year-old mother of three from Wausau, WI goes missing on June 29, 1984, after a domestic incident with her then-husband Norman. Join us as we dig into what we know, what happened, and what could've been.

Welcome to Forgotten: Wisconsin Cold Cases. Join us every month as we take you back in time to show you a missing person from central Wisconsin and hear us ask the questions that have been left unanswered.