Rep. Tusler: Starkie Swenson Act signed into law as 2025 Wisconsin Act 59

Madison, WI – On Tuesday, Governor Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 423/Assembly Bill 422 into law as 2025 Wisconsin Act 59, which closes a loophole for hiding a corpse in state law. Following the discovery of the remains of Starkie Swenson at High Cliff State Park in 2021, Starkie’s killer, who had already admitted to committing the murder, only served two years in prison for it. The killer should’v...