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Wisconsin Suicide May Be Linked To Chicago Murder Case
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2005-03-10
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Police sources said Thursday, a man who committed suicide during a routine traffic stop near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, left a note claiming responsibility for the killings of a federal judge's husband and mother in Chicago.
The man has been identified as Bart Ross. In suicide notes found in the car he was driving, Ross describes breaking into the house of Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow around 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 28 with the intent to kill her and anyone else who might happen to be there.
Ross describes how he waited all day in a utility room in the basement and shot the judge's husband after he discovered him, according to news reports. Ross then shot Lefkow's mother after she heard the gunshot and called out to her son-in-law.
He then notes that he stayed in the house until about 1:45 p.m. before deciding to leave.
The suicide note also indicated that Judge Lefkow had ruled against him in a civil case, costing him he claims "his house, his job and family," the Chicago Tribune reported, citing unidentified sources. The legal dispute involved the man's treatment for cancer.
Chief Dean Puschnig of the West Allis Police Department told reporters at a news conference that they were still trying to definitively link him to the killings and whether he was the sole perpetrator.
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