
Woman accused of killing housekeeper and dumping her body in a Wisconsin cornfield in 1999 found guilty of homicide, hiding corpse
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A woman accused of killing her housekeeper and dumping her body in a southern Wisconsin cornfield in 1999 has been found guilty of criminal charges. A jury in Racine County on Wednesday found 66-year-old Linda La Roche guilty of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse.
For nearly two decades the victim was known only as Jane Doe. Advances in DNA technology eventually led to her identification as 23-year-old Peggy Lynn Johnson.
She lived with La Roche and her family at their home in McHenry, Illinois where she worked as a nanny and housekeeper.

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