Home | WebMail | Register or Login

      Calgary | Regions | Local Traffic Report | Advertise on Action News | Contact

Posted: 2024-06-14T01:25:43Z | Updated: 2024-06-14T01:25:43Z

A Wisconsin woman who moved out of the state after her husbands death in 2020 pleaded not guilty Monday to a homicide charge after evidence, including DNA from a McDonalds cup, allegedly linked her to his fatal shooting.

A crime lab report linked DNA found on a straw in a fast-food cup near the body of Jose Santiago to his wife, Cassandra Hult, according to court documents, which also said fingerprints on the cup appeared to be hers. Hult also allegedly made statements to a roommate in Arizona and a new boyfriend in Las Vegas that helped lead to her arrest four years later.

Hult is in a Milwaukee jail as she faces a charge of first-degree reckless homicide with a modifier for use of a dangerous weapon in the death of Santiago, who was found on the night of March 23, 2020, with a single gunshot wound to his head, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel .

Police went to St. Adalbert Cemetery that night after a jogger noticed that Santiagos black Lincoln LS had been parked there for two days, according to a criminal complaint obtained by HuffPost. The jogger told officers she had gone up to the vehicle and discovered that an unresponsive man was inside.