Stanley Van Wagner, a 50-year-old White male from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, was found dead in the basement of his family home on May 17, 2015. His body had been wrapped in a tarp; an autopsy determined he died of multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators say he was missing for three days while his wife, Amy Van Wagner, sent texts from his phone and posted on social media suggesting he had vanished.

Prosecutors say the couple’s marriage was strained by money problems and that Stanley had recently confronted Amy about financial dishonesty and threatened divorce. Authorities believe Stanley was shot in the early morning of May 15 while using his computer, that a large bloodstain was concealed by a deerskin rug, and that the shooter used a pillow to muffle the shots. The alleged weapon, a .380 handgun Amy was known to carry, was not recovered. Amy was arrested nine months later and charged with first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse.

At trial the defense emphasized the case was circumstantial and cited witnesses who they said saw Stanley alive after the time prosecutors placed his death; Amy did not testify. A jury convicted her in March 2017 and she received life without parole plus an extra term for hiding a corpse. Does anyone have information about Stanley’s final days or the household’s circumstances before May 2015?