Kenneth Leon Thoma, 60, of Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, was reported missing after he was last seen at his apartment on the evening of Thursday, October 14, 2021. Family members filed a missing person report with the Twin Lakes Police Department on October 19, 2021. Human remains were found on Saturday, November 6, 2021, in a wooded area behind his apartment complex in the 1700 block of Wilmot Avenue; the Wisconsin State Crime Lab assisted at the scene. Dental comparisons identified the remains as Thoma’s. An autopsy by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office on November 9, 2021, determined he died from a gunshot wound to the back of the head and ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators arrested three young men in connection with the killing. In December 2021, Joey L. Miracle, 18, of Twin Lakes, and Thomas R. Wilton, 20, of Trevor, were charged with first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse as parties to a crime; court papers allege Miracle shot Thoma with a ghost gun and Wilton helped bury the body and dispose of the weapon. In February 2022, 18-year-old Joshua C. Grimaldi, formerly of Twin Lakes, was arrested and charged with the same counts. The criminal complaint references a claim by Miracle that Thoma was involved in sexual assault, an allegation authorities say they found no evidence to support.

Did anyone in Twin Lakes know Kenneth Thoma or see something in October or November 2021 that could help explain what happened?