Alcohol Believed To be A Factor In Murder/Suicide

"REEDSBURG, WI — A Reedsburg man shot his girlfriend to death Friday night and then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide, Reedsburg police said.

"George R. Snake, 24, shot and killed his girlfriend, Cheyenne T. Fiddler, 23, of Red Wing, Minn., sometime before 7 p.m. Friday at a home in the 1100 block of Maple Street in Reedsburg, police said. Their bodies were found by a friend who entered the home about 7 p.m.

"Police said that the two were dating and that Fiddler recently had moved into the home. Alcohol was believed to be a factor in the incident, which police said happened after an argument."

From the Wisconsin State Journal...