Yvonne Menke

Yvonne Menke

Status: SOLVED

City: St. Croix Falls

State: Wisconsin

County: Polk County

Date of birth: February 15, 1940

Date of death: December 12, 1985

Age: 45

Gender: Female

Race: Caucasian/White

Cause of death: Gun Firearm

Anniversary month: December

LEA: Polk County Sheriff's Office, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin

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***UPDATE*** - Mary Josephine Bailey was convicted of 1st-degree murder in the 1985 shooting death of Yvonne Menke. She was sentenced to life in prison on July 2, 2024.

Yvonne Menke was shot while walking down the staircase outside of her apartment to warm up her car. on December 12, 1985, in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin.



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