A man in Wisconsin has admitted to killing his 8-year-old stepson while showing off his guns to him — telling cops afterward that he was attempting to "look cool," according to local officials. Steven ...

A Lake Geneva man is now charged in the death of an 8-year-old boy in the Town of Geneva. Steven Merkel faces a single count of first-degree reckless homicide. When police arrived, Merkel told them ...

A Walworth County judge sentenced Steven Merkel to 25 years in prison in the death of his 8-year-old stepson. Merkel pleaded guilty in August to first-degree reckless homicide in the death of his ...

The 52-year-old faces up to 60 years in prison after what he claimed was an attempt to appear "cool" turned deadly Stepdad charged with shooting, killing Wisconsin 9-year-old says he was showing off ...

GENEVA, Wis. -- The man accused of shooting and killing an 8-year-old boy in Wisconsin was in court Tuesday, WTMJ reported. Showing up over Zoom in jail-issued clothes, 52-year-old Steven Merkel ...