Apr. 7, 2026 7:30p
From WGTD News:
The Kenosha County Sheriff's Office is recommending that a charge of 1st Degree Intentional Homicide be filed against the mother of a six year-old girl whose manner of death four years ago was initially listed as "undetermined." The body of Layla Stahl was found in the bedroom of her Somers apartment in April of 2022. There were no obvious signs of trauma or foul play. According to a news release from the department, investigators took a second look at the case several months ago and developed "significant new information" which led them to recommend the murder charge against 33 year-old Christina Torchia. The news release did not indicate a possible cause of death. Torchia was recently sentenced to a seven-and-a-half year prison term for trying to hire someone to commit a murder.
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A 68-year-old man made his initial appearance in Kenosha Court Tuesday in a nearly 50 year-old murder case following his extradition from Tennessee. Bond for James Fowler was set at $1.5 million and a competency hearing was scheduled. As a 19 year-old Navy recruit in 1977, Fowler allegedly killed autoworker Ralph Gianoli in his Kenosha home. A possible motive has not been revealed.
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The co-owner of a Racine heating and cooling contractor is facing seven counts of theft for taking down payments from customers but not doing the work. Bond for 42 year-old Amanda Putzer Gonzales of T & A Heating and Cooling was set Tuesday at $1,000.
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