ELKHORN, Wis. - A Walworth County judge sentenced Steven Merkel on Thursday, Nov. 20 to 25 years in prison plus an additional ...

A man in Wisconsin has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison for killing his 8-year-old stepson while showing off ...

Steven Merkel, a man who pleaded guilty in the death of his 8-year-old stepson, issued a brief statement prior to his ...

Steven Merkel was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty in the death of his 8-year-old stepson, Michael ...

A Lake Geneva man will spend 25 years in prison for shooting and killing his 8-year-old stepson. Steven Merkel, 53, pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide in ...

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 ...

LAKE GENEVA, Wisc. — The man charged in the deadly shooting of an 8-year-old Brookfield boy was playing with a handgun at the time to “look cool,” court documents allege. Steven Merkel, 52, of Lake ...

ELECTION IN APRIL. A WALWORTH COUNTY MAN IS HEADED FOR TRIAL IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF EIGHT YEAR OLD STEPSON, SECOND GRADER MICHAEL MEAGER DIED LAST MONDAY IN THE TOWN OF GENEVA. AS 12 NEWS NICK BOHR ...

The Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, man accused in the death of an 8-year-old boy revealed he was handling a gun at the time of the shooting to make him "look cool," court documents stated. Steven Merkel was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAKE GENEVA, Wisc. — The man charged in the ...