And I think all of my family is relieved that Mr. Emery will never be able to do this to anyone else and no other family will have to suffer what we went through for 19 years. She was raped and her body mutilated with 25 stab wounds. The case went unsolved for 4 years until Emery's ex-wife went to police in Milwaukee and told them about her husband returning home that night covered with blood. Detectives then tracked down Emery, who at the time was being held in St. Paul, Minn., on 3 counts of burglary. Other people said he was planning his wife's death.
Some cases are just obvious.
I'm convinced he would have hurt other people if we had not done our job. I would fear for me and my family. I've tried a dozen or so capital murder cases, but his threat is not just an intellectual argument. The U.S. Supreme Court refused last month to consider his appeals, clearing the way for the punishment to be carried out. Emery, who declined to be interviewed by reporters, was tried twice for the murder.