Wisconsin Man Charged in 1985 Killing of College Student Whose Body Was Decapitated

Published on September 26, 2024

VIROQUA, Wis.—A western Wisconsin man has been charged in the 1985 killing of a college student whose decapitated body was found days after she vanished, authorities said. Michael Raymond Popp of Tomah was arrested Monday on one count of first-degree murder in the slaying of 24-year-old Terry Dolowy. He was being held at the Vernon County Jail on $1 million cash bail. Popp, 60, had not retained an attorney as of Wednesday morning, the Vernon County Clerk’s Office said. Prosecutors said Popp knew Dolowy, a River Forest, Illinois, native who was a senior at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. At the time of her killing, he lived a short distance from where Dolowy lived in La Crosse County with her fiancé, according to a criminal complaint....

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