Husband Robert A. Crotteau (details suppressed for this person)
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Husband Robert E. Crotteau
Born: 11 Nov 1950 - Anoka, Anoka, MN, USA
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Died: 14 Jul 1990 - Chetek, Barron, WI, USA
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Father: Marvin Edmond Crotteau (1917-1991)
Mother: Mary Ann Johnson (1916- )
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• Death Record, 14 Jul 1990 - Chetek, Barron, WI, USA
Name: Robert E. Crotteau SSN: 470-64-2436 Born: 11 Nov 1950 Died: 14 Jul 1990 State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (1967-1968 )
• Obituary, 14 Jul 1990 - Chetek, Barron, WI, USA
Obituary of Robert E. Crotteau in Wed., July 18, 1990 Rice Lake Chronotype (Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI)
Robert E. Crotteau
Robert E. Crotteau, 39, of Chetek died Saturday at his home. A memorial service will be held Saturday at noon at the home of his parents, Marvin and Mary Ann Crotteau, at 322 Dallas St. in Chetek.
Burial will be at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Rice Lake at a later date.
Mr. Crotteau was born Nov. 11, 1950 at Mauston. He graduated from high school at Anoka, Minn., and moved to Chetek in 1980 from New Auburn. He was a musician, playing in the Tingler Band and the Loose Change Band.
Mr. Crotteau is survived by his parents, Marvin and Mary Ann Crotteau of Chetek; a brother, Richard of Madison; and by four sisters, Jerilyn Richards of Rice Lake, Jeanne Hoard of Superior, Ruth Briggs of Lindstrom, Minn., and Judy Gravunder of Hanahan, S.C.
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Husband Robert Eugene Crotteau
AKA: Sparky Crotteau
Born: 5 Jul 1923 - Mosinee, Marathon, WI, USA
Baptized: 6 Jul 1923 - Mosinee, Marathon, WI, USA
Died: 14 Jan 2003 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
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Father: Harold Clifford Crotteau (1896-1964)
Mother: Verna Parker (1897- )
Marriage: 19 Jan 1946 - Mosinee, Marathon, WI, USA
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• Census, 1 Apr 1930 - Mosinee, Marathon, WI, USA
• Residence, 9840 Carousel Ct, Cir 2000 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
Name: Robert E Crotteau Birth Date: 5 Jul 1923 Street Address: 9840 Carousel Ct City: Wisconsin Rapids County: Wood State: Wisconsin Zip Code: 54494 Phone Number: 715-325-6468
• Death Record, 14 Jan 2003 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
ROBERT CROTTEAU
Born: 05 Jul 1923
Death: 14 Jan 2003 (Verified)
Residence: 54494 Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI
SIN: 393-14-7696 Wisconsin
Wife Marie M. Garbrecht
Born: 3 Mar 1925 - Green Bay, Brown, WI, USA
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Died: 9 Dec 2004 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
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• Residence, 9840 Carousel Ct, Cir 2000 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
Name: Marie M Crotteau Birth Date: 3 Mar 1925 Street Address: 9840 Carousel Ct City: Wisconsin Rapids County: Wood State: Wisconsin Zip Code: 54494 Phone Number: 715-325-6468
• Obituary, 9 Dec 2004 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
Marie M. Crotteau, 79, formerly of 7720 Forestview Drive, Wisconsin Rapids, died Thursday morning, Dec. 9, 2004, at Our House Assisted Living in Wisconsin Rapids.
• Residence, Cir 2000 - Haugen, Barron, WI, USA
• Occupation, owner / operator of R&J Concrete company, 2004 - Haugen, Barron, WI, USA
• Cemetery, Nora Cemetery, 21 Nov 2004 - Rice Lake, Barron, WI, USA
Burial Location: 6D-100-2(W/2). Located at the north end of Rice Lake, WIS.
• Death Record, 21 Nov 2004 - Haugen, Barron, WI, USA
Name: Robert J. Crotteau SSN: 398-52-7684 Last Residence: 54812 Barron, Barron, Wisconsin, United States of America Born: 18 Nov 1962 Died: 21 Nov 2004 State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (1966 )
• News Article, 22 Nov 2004 - Rice Lake, Barron, WI, USA
6th victim dies from Sunday's shooting
• Obituary, 22 Nov 2004 - Haugen, Barron, WI, USA
Obituary - Rice Lake Chronotype Newspaper Name: Ernest Demers Home in 1900: Mosinee, Marathon, Wisconsin Age: 31 Birth Date: Jan 1869 Birthplace: Wisconsin Race: White Ethnicity: American Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Canada Fr Mother's Birthplace: Canada Fr Spouse's Name: Rose Marriage Year: 1893 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 7 Residence : Mosinee Village, Marathon, Wisconsin
• Residence, 19 South Street, 28 Apr 1910 - Ingram, Rusk, WI, USA
Name: Ernest D Demers
• Residence, 341 Tenth Street, 6 Jan 1920 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
Name: Earnest Demers Home in 1920: Cloquet Ward 3, Carlton, Minnesota Age: 51 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 Birthplace: Wisconsin Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Rosanna Father's Birth Place: Canada Mother's Birth Place: Canada Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 520
• Residence, 341 Tenth Street, 15 Apr 1930 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
Listed as born in Wisconsin. Occupation; Lumber Mill.
• Death Record, 28 Jan 1943 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
MN, USA Death Index. Name: Rose Demers Home in 1900: Mosinee, Marathon, Wisconsin Age: 25 Birth Date: May 1875 Birthplace: Canada Fr
• Residence, 19 South Street, 28 Apr 1910 - Ingram, Rusk, WI, USA
Listed as having 13 children, with 7 alive in 1910, she was born in Canada with her parents. Name: Rosana M Demers
• Residence, 341 Tenth Street, 6 Jan 1920 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
Name: Rosanna Demers Home in 1920: Cloquet Ward 3, Carlton, Minnesota Age: 44 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876 Birthplace: Canada Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: Earnest Father's Birth Place: Canada Mother's Birth Place: Canada Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Female Year of Immigration: 1889 Able to read: No Able to Write: No Image: 520
• Residence, 341 Tenth Street, 15 Apr 1930 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
Listed as born in Canada.
• Obituary, 4 Feb 1958 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
Obituary of Roseanna (Crotteau) Demers in Wed, Feb. 5, 1958 Rice Lake Chronotype (Rice Lake, Barron County, WI) Name: Rose Crotteau [Rose Crottean] Age in 1910: 11 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899 Birthplace: New Jersey Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: Joseph Father's Birth Place: Canada French Mother's Name: Augustine Mother's Birth Place: Canada French Home in 1910: Elizabeth Ward 9, Union, New Jersey Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female
• Residence, 1053 Magnolia Street, 10 Jan 1920 - Elizabeth, Union, NJ, USA
Occupation: Motor Winder in a factory. Name: Rose Croteau Home in 1920: Elizabeth City Ward 12, Union, New Jersey Age: 21 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899 Birthplace: New Jersey Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: Joseph Father's Birth Place: Canada Mother's Name: Augustine Mother's Birth Place: Canada Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 1077 Name: Rosella Crotteau Home in 1920: Libby, Lincoln, Montana Age: 2 months Estimated Birth Year: abt 1919 Birthplace: Montana Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: Ernest Father's Birth Place: Canada Mother's Name: Lela Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Image: 720
• Census, 1 Apr 1930 - Tacoma, Pierce, WA, USA
Name: Rose E Crotteau Home in 1930: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington Age: 10 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1920 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: Ernest Mother's Name: Lulu J Name: Rosella Crotteau Home in 1920: Rice Lake Ward 3, Barron, Wisconsin Age: 6 months Estimated birth year: abt 1919 Birthplace: Wisconsin Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's name: Louis A Father's Birth Place: Wisconsin Mother's name: Rose Mother's Birth Place: Wisconsin Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Image: 628
• Census, 4 Apr 1930 - Rice Lake, Barron, WI, USA
Name: Rosella Crotteau Home in 1930: Rice Lake, Barron, Wisconsin Age: 10 Estimated birth year: abt 1920 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's name: Louis A Mother's name: Rosenna M
• Residence, 1954 - Saint Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA
Name: Rubin Crotteau Age in 1910: 11 Estimated birth year: abt 1899 Birthplace: Wisconsin Relation to Head of House: Son Father's name: Curtis Father's Birth Place: Wisconsin Mother's name: Virginia Mother's Birth Place: Wisconsin Home in 1910: Grand Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male
• Census, 1 Jan 1920 - Freeport, Stephenson, IL, USA
Living with his sister Edna Bruderlic, occupation: Auto Factory Worker
• Death Record, Feb 1968 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
Reuben CROTTEAU Name: Sidney C Crotteau Age in 1910: 9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1901 BirthPlace: Wisconsin Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: Teniel Father's Birth Place: Wisconsin Mother's Name: Amana Mother's Birth Place: Germany Home in 1910: Libby School District, Lincoln, Montana Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male
• Census, 12 Jan 1920 - Libby, Lincoln, MT, USA
• Residence, 1924 - Tacoma, Pierce, WA, USA
1920 Census indicated his DOB was 1903 which could be rounded to the next birthday for the individual.
• Census, 1 Aug 1860 - Theresa, Dodge, WI, USA
Name: Simeon Croteau Age in 1860: 12 Birth Year: abt 1848 BirthPlace: Canada Home in 1860: Theresa, Dodge, Wisconsin Gender: Male Post Office: Theresa
• Census, 16 Jun 1870 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
Listed as Simmn Crotto, farmer
• Census, 1 Jun 1880 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
Name: Simion Crotteau Home in 1880: Rudolph, Wood, Wisconsin Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Cana Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Evelene Father's Name: Frank Father's birthplace: Cana Mother's Name: Harriet Mother's birthplace: Cana Neighbors: Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male
• Census, 1 Jun 1900 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
• Census, 1 Jun 1880 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
Name: Evelene Crotteau Home in 1880: Rudolph, Wood, Wisconsin Age: 27 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Birthplace: Cana Relation to Head of Household: Wife Spouse's Name: Simion Father's birthplace: Cana Mother's birthplace: Cana Neighbors: Occupation: Keeping House Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female
• Census, 1 Jun 1900 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
• Census, 22 Jan 1920 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
Listed as widowed. Living with her son, Ralph who is still single. Name: Eveline Crotteau
• Census, 1 Apr 1930 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
Name: Evelene A Crotteau Home in 1930: Rudolph, Wood, Wisconsin Age: 77 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Birthplace: Canada Relation to Head of House: Head Race: White
The Wisconsin birth records for the twins indicate other children born to Simion & Evelene Crotteau are; Ernest, Rolphe, Noel, Ely, Orellie, Dora, Julia, Elmer in that order. The birth records for the twins indicate children not named but one male, one female was born. The 1900 USA census should clear up the number of children born at that time. Elmer Brett Crotteau lived a few houses away from Elmer Charles Crotteau in the 1910 Rudolph, WI, USA Census. I have one source but no other evidence that Noel Crotteau died in Ontario Canada. Ansonville Ontario is located north of Monteith and Porquois Junction off Hwy 11, west of Timmins, Ontario. It is a small French community.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church. The Rev. Al Wierzba will officiate. Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Marie was born March 3, 1925, in Green Bay. She married Robert "Sparky" Crotteau on Jan. 19, 1946, in Mosinee. She and her husband, Robert, owned and managed the Suburban Mobile Home Park in Wisconsin Rapids for many years. She enjoyed camping with the Central Wisconsin Campers, snowmobiling, crafting, and she loved being with her grandchildren.
Marie is survived by her daughter, Karen Olson of Wisconsin Rapids; one daughter-in-law, Pamela Crotteau of Wisconsin Rapids; three grandchildren, Heather (Dave) Datta of Boston, Mass., Jodi (Patrick) Jones of Big Lake, Minn., and Troy Kempfert of Stevens Point; one great-granddaughter, Azure Jones; one sister, Lynette Penn of Milwaukee; and one brother-in-law, David Sinclair of Philadelphia, Pa.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ferdinand and Rose (Ahles) Garbrecht; her husband, Robert; one son, Don; and one daughter, Barbara. Friends may call at Higgins Funeral Home, Wisconsin Rapids, from noon to 1:15 p.m. Saturday. Daily Tribune, Friday, Dec. 10, 2004
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1 F Barbara Marie Crotteau
Born: 27 Jun 1946 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
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Marr: Cir 1970 - , , WI, USA
2 F Karen Crotteau (details suppressed for this person)
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3 F Susan Crotteau (details suppressed for this person)
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4 M Donald Clifford Crotteau
Born: 20 Feb 1952 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
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Spouse: Pamela Kay Thorne (living)
Husband Robert James Crotteau
AKA: Bob Crotteau
Born: 18 Oct 1962 - Rice Lake, Barron, WI, USA
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Died: 21 Nov 2004 - Haugen, Barron, WI, USA
Cause of Death: Murdered
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Father: Gerald Lloyd Crotteau
Mother: Carol Ann Fredrickson
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• Graduation, Rice Lake High School, 1981 - Rice Lake, Barron, WI, USA
By JOHN DIEDRICH and LEE BERGQUIST jdiedrich@journalsentinel.com
Journalsentinel Newspaper
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/nov04/277651.asp
Posted: Nov. 22, 2004
Hayward - A Minnesota truck driver confronted for hunting on private land opened fire on mostly unarmed hunters and then picked off others as they rushed to the bloody scene to help, officials said Monday. Chai Soua Vang, 36, a St. Paul resident and former soldier who is married with six children, was arrested five hours after the shootings Sunday in which five hunters were killed and three were wounded. One of the wounded, Denny Drew, 55, died Monday, Sawyer County Sheriff James Meier confirmed. Vang, who hasn't been charged, was being held Monday in the Sawyer County Jail. Vang, who is Hmong, speaks English well and was cooperating but hadn't admitted to the shooting, authorities said. Officials released many chilling new details of the shooting, but remained baffled about the reason for the rampage. "It's unbelievable that it can happen in a small county," Meier said. "I just don't think that any of this makes sense." Those killed Sunday in the remote Wisconsin woods were Robert Crotteau, 42; his son, Joey Crotteau, 20; Al Laski, 43; Mark Roidt, 28; and Jessica Willers, 27. The injured are Terry Willers, 47, Jessica Willers' father; and Lauren Hesebeck, 48. Hesebeck and Drew were brothers-in-law. They were part of a group of 14 or 15 hunters continuing an annual tradition. All of the victims were from the Rice Lake area or had connections there, and their deaths shocked the city of 8,300. "The worst part is people don't understand why," said Karen Heram, who works at the Rice Lake Chamber of Commerce. "It just seems so senseless. There are disagreements over private property, but you don't do this."
Nestled next to a 939-acre lake of the same name, Rice Lake is the hub of Barron County, drawing people to shop and work and - at this time of year - drawing loads of deer hunters. It's the biggest city around, but it's still a small town, residents said. Most of the people in Rice Lake knew of the victims or knew them well themselves, said Rice Lake Police Chief John Sommerfeld. "Obviously, the town is devastated." he said. "Everyone seems pretty unfocused, pretty quiet." At noon Sunday, Vang was hunting in Sawyer County when he got lost and wandered onto private land among public forest, Meier said. Vang may have been hunting with two other people from the St. Paul area, but that hadn't been confirmed. Authorities are looking for the other two. Vang climbed up the tree stand. Terry Willers discovered him, radioed to Crotteau at their cabin a quarter mile away, approached Vang and asked him to leave, Meier said. Vang got down from the stand, walked about 40 yards, took the scope off the SKS semiautomatic rifle he was carrying and began firing at the hunters, Meier said. Terry Willers was the first to be shot. As he lay wounded, he radioed to others that they were under fire, Meier said. One hunter read the hunting registration number pinned to Vang's back and wrote it in the dust on an all terrain vehicle. Another called 911.
According to Meier, some of the hunters began to run away and some may have tried to fire back at Vang, but there was only one gun among them out in the woods.
Vang was walking around the woods, firing on the hunters, he said. "They grabbed who they could grab because they were still under fire," he said. As more hunters came, Vang continued to fire, Meier said. He shot some of the hunters more than once, he said. At least three of the victims were shot from 50 yards or more, a doctor who treated them said. Laski and Jessica Willers, who were back at the cabin, headed to the scene unarmed, Meier said. Vang shot and killed the pair as they rode in on an ATV, Meier said. Vang disappeared into the woods as eight hunters lay bleeding and another half dozen or so in their hunting party cared for the wounded. Bodies were scattered over a 100-square-yard area. Police from at least three counties and game wardens from the Department of Natural Resources scoured the woods and patrolled from the air, searching for Vang. Vang, whose brother said he emigrated from Laos as a boy and served in the U.S. Army, again got lost until he came upon two other deer hunters, Meier said. Vang was dressed in blaze orange and still wearing his hunting license. His rifle and its 20-round magazine were empty. Meier did not say how many shell casings had been recovered at the scene. The two hunters knew this was probably the man police and game wardens were searching for and drove him out of the woods, Meier said. Five hours after the shooting, DNR game warden Jeremy Peery shone a light in Vang's face and looked down at the SKS rifle. Peery drew his gun, matched the hunting license registration number and told Vang he was under arrest. The 28-year-old warden learned later that Vang was out of bullets. "I was just glad he didn't have any more rounds on him," he said.
Tom Held of the Journal Sentinel staff and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Chicago Tribune staff reports
Published September 16, 2005, 6:32 PM CDT
HAYWARD, Wis. -- Rejecting claims a Minnesota man acted in self defence, a jury Friday afternoon found him guilty of first degree murder in the deaths last fall of six deer hunters.
The jury also found Chai Soua Vang guilty of wounding two other hunters, rejecting his attorney's argument the man fired to defend himself after one hunter used racial slurs and another fired at him first.
The two survivors of the shooting had testified the hunters, who were white, never shot at Vang, a Hmong immigrant, before he opened fire on them after they confronted him about trespassing in a tree stand on their private property in some isolated northwestern Wisconsin woods Nov. 21.
The all white jury of eight women and four men deliberated about three hours before reaching a verdict of guilty on six counts of first degree intentional homicide and three counts of attempted homicide.
Outside the court, one of Vang's friends, Pofwmyeh Yang, questioned the jury's makeup and maintained Vang was innocent.
"All Caucasian, all American. Why can't there be one Hmong? Why can't there be one minority in there?" Yang said. "I believe only one person can judge, and that's God. But God didn't judge today."
A 36-year-old courier, National Guard veteran and the father of seven, Vang faces mandatory life in prison. Wisconsin does not have the death penalty.
Dressed in a business suit with family members seated behind him, the defendant showed no visible emotion as the judge read the verdict. The courtroom was packed with about 100 people, most of them relatives and friends of the victims.
The jurors came from Dane County because of pretrial publicity in Sawyer County. Earlier today, they listened to roughly two hours of closing arguments this morning and began their deliberations about 2 p.m. after a lunch break.
Neither side denied Vang opened fire on the other hunters. The question was, who fired the first shot?
"This case wasn't about self defence," Wisconsin Atty. Gen. Peg Lautenschlager told the jury. "This case was about an individual who perhaps properly believed that he was disrespected."
Lautenschlager said Vang's motivation was anger, after he felt "disrespected" by the group of hunters. She said that anger motivated him to chase after some of his unarmed victims.
"The defendant is a very good shot and in his own words a good hunter," she said. "On that Sunday, he proved both."
Defence attorney Steve Kohn asked the jurors to try to view the incident through Vang's eyes. He said his client felt threatened after he was yelled at by a group of white men who allegedly called him racial slurs and blocked him from leaving.
He said property owner Bob Crotteau laid into Vang with "some of the most foul, shameful, disgusting things one human being can say to another."
"How should Chai Soua Vang react except to feel threatened?" Kohn asked.
Kohn said racism was the "catalyst for why this event occurred."
With both men in the courtroom, Kohn accused the two survivors of lying during their testimony, in which they said Vang fired his gun first, and suggested someone may have removed an additional gun present at the time of the incident.
"That gun was never found when police got there," he said. "Anybody could have picked up that gun and brought it back."
Killed on Nov. 21, 2004, were Crotteau, 42; his son Joey Crotteau, 20; Mark Roidt, 28; Al Laski, 43; and Jessica Willers, 27. Denny Drew, 55, died the following day.
All of the victims lived in or near Rice Lake, Wis., a closely knit community southwest of where the shootings occurred.
Jury selection was moved from Sawyer County to Dane County-home of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one of the state's more racially diverse areas-because of concerns on the part of defence lawyers about pretrial publicity and possible racial animosity toward Vang in northwest Wisconsin.
Vang was arrested hours after the incident and has been jailed in lieu of $2.5 million bail. He told a Tribune reporter earlier this year that he fired at the group to "defend myself and my race."
Before the closing arguments started, the judge gave jurors the option Friday of finding Vang guilty on lesser homicide charges. Vang was charged with six counts of first degree intentional homicide and three counts of attempted homicide.
Sawyer County Circuit Norman Yackel told jurors they could reach one of three verdicts for each of the nine charges - guilty of first- or second-degree intentional homicide or attempted homicide or not guilty.
A verdict of second-degree intentional homicide would have meant the jury found Vang had some need to defend himself, but he used unnecessary force to do it, attorney said. The sentence would have been up to 65 years in prison and extended supervision.
The judge gave jurors the legal definition of self defence and told them that under the law, they must consider whether Vang had "opportunity to retreat with safety."
Tribune staff reporter John McCormick and the Associated Press contributed to this story.
Copyright © 2005, Chicago Tribune
Robert Crotteau
Oct. 18, 1962-Nov. 21, 2004
Robert James Crotteau, 42, of Haugen died Nov. 21 while hunting in Sawyer County. Mr. Crotteau was born to Gerald and Carol (Fredrickson) Crotteau on Oct. 18, 1962 in Rice Lake. He attended Rice Lake Public Schools, graduated from Rice Lake High School in 1981 and married Jean Juza in Haugen on Feb. 6, 1982. He completed a 4-year apprenticeship program while working for the Rice Lake Utilities and then founded R&J Concrete, which has operated until the present time. He enjoyed all outdoor sports.
He is survived by his wife, Jean; a son, Carter of Haugen; a daughter, Vanessa of Haugen; his mother, Carol Crotteau of Rice Lake; his father, Gerald of Florida; three brothers, Craig of Phoenix, Ariz., and Bruce and Steve, both of Rice Lake; a sister, Stacey Crotteau of Rice Lake; his maternal grandmother, Agnes Fredrickson; and his paternal grandmother, Elenor Crotteau, both of Rice Lake.
Robert Crotteau
Oct. 18, 1962-Nov. 21, 2004
Robert James Crotteau, 42, of Haugen died Nov. 21 while hunting in Sawyer County. A Mass of Christian burial is Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rice Lake, with the Rev. David Oberts officiating. Visitation is at the church on Friday from 4-8 p.m. and on Saturday for 1 hour before the service.
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1 M Joseph Crotteau
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2 M Carter Crotteau (details suppressed for this person)
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Medical Notes: Husband - Robert James Crotteau
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Husband Ernest David Demers
Born: 21 Jan 1869 - Stanfold, Barron, WI, USA
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Father: David Demers (1828-1906)
Mother: Henriette Rivard (1835-1911)
Marriage: 16 Aug 1892 - Rice Lake, Barron, WI, USA
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• Residence, 5th Street, 1 Jun 1900 - Mosinee, Marathon, WI, USA
[Ernest D Dermes] Age in 1910: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 Birthplace: Wisconsin Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Canada French Mother's Birth Place: Canada French Spouse's Name: Rosana M Home in 1910: Ingram, Rusk, Wisconsin Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male
Name: Ernest Demars Home in 1930: Cloquet, Carlton, Minnesota Age: 61 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 Birthplace: Wisconsin Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Roseanna Race: White
Name: Ernest Dave Demers Death Date: 28 Jan 1943 Death County: Carlton State file number: 001717 Certificate Number: 001717 Certificate Year: 1943 Record Number: 913793
Wife Rosanna M. Crotteau
AKA: Roseanna M Crotteau
Born: 28 May 1875 - Chenier de Tingwick, Drummond Arthabaska, QC, CAN
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Father: Frank Xavier Croteau (1841-1909)
Mother: Georgina Paradis (Cir 1850-1891)
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• Residence, 5th Street, 1 Jun 1900 - Mosinee, Marathon, WI, USA
[Canada French] Race: White Ethnicity: American Immigration Year: 1882 Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Father's Birthplace: Canada Fr Mother's Birthplace: Canada Fr Mother: number of living children: 4 Mother: How many children: 7 Spouse's Name: Ernest Marriage Year: 1893 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 7 Residence : Mosinee Village, Marathon, Wisconsin
[Rosana M Dermes] Age in 1910: 35 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875 Birthplace: Canada French Relation to Head of House: Wife Father's Birth Place: Canada French Mother's Birth Place: Canada French Spouse's Name: Ernest D Home in 1910: Ingram, Rusk, Wisconsin Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Year of Immigration: 1882
Name: Roseanna Demars Home in 1930: Cloquet, Carlton, Minnesota Age: 54 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876 Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: Ernest
Dies In Cloquet
Funeral services for Mrs. Roseanna DeMars, 84, of Cloquet, Minn. who died Tuesday, will be Thursday at 9 a.m. at the Catholic church in Cloquet. Mrs. DeMars is the only sister of Henry Crotteau, 209 W. Marshall. She was born in Rice Lake in 1874 and was married to Ernest DeMars, brother of Mike DeMars of Rice Lake. Her husband died about 12 years ago. She is survived by eight children.
Obituary of Roseanna (Crotteau) Demers in Wed, Feb. 12, 1958 Rice Lake Chronotype (Rice Lake, Barron County, WI)
Mrs. Demers Services Held at Cloquet, Minn.
Funeral services were held at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic church at Cloquet, Minn. Thursday for Mrs. Roseanna Demers, 84, who died at Cloquet Jan. 4. Rev. Lanfrane LeMay, O.S.B., a grandson of the deceased officiated for the mass, while five other grandsons assigned at the alter and another six served as pallbearers
Mrs. Demers was born in Rice Lake in 1874, and is a sister of Henry Crotteau of 209 W. Marshall st. She is also survived by eight children and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Local people attending the funeral Thursday included Mike Demers, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crotteau, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Crotteau, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Demers, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stoeberl and son Gilbert, Lloyd Crotteau, Mrs. Louis Saffert, Mrs. Cecelia Heldstab and Miss Eleanor Thome of Rice Lake; Mr. and Mrs. William Ruff of Almena and Gilbert and William Demers of Minneapolis.
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1 F Mary Rose Melina Demers
AKA: Winnie B. Demers
Born: 6 Apr 1894 - Menomonie, Dunn, WI, USA
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Died: 28 Dec 1961 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
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2 M Harry Frank Demers
Born: 10 Aug 1895 - Ingram, Rusk, WI, USA
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Died: 24 Jul 1960 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
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Spouse: Clara H. Kleckner (1900-1982)
Marr: Cir 1923 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
3 F Exillia G. Demers
AKA: Agnes Demers
Born: 13 Aug 1896 - Ingram, Rusk, WI, USA
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4 M Joseph H. Demers
Born: 15 Apr 1898 - Oak Grove, Eau Claire, WI, USA
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5 F Manday Demers
Born: Jul 1899 - Mosinee, Marathon, WI, USA
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6 F Alice Alma Demers
Born: 30 Jan 1903 - Menomonie, Dunn, WI, USA
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Died: 9 Dec 1993 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
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Spouse: Edward Lemay (1899- )
Marr: Cir 1921 - Menominee, Menominee, MI, USA
7 M John W. Demers
Born: 21 Mar 1905 - Ingram, Rusk, WI, USA
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Died: 2 Dec 1961 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
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Spouse: Eiliene P. (1909- )
Marr: 1928 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
8 F Albena M. Demers
Born: 27 Apr 1907 - Ingram, Rusk, WI, USA
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Died: 22 Oct 1980 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
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9 M Alexander J. Demers
AKA: Alee N. Demers
Born: 8 Mar 1909 - Ingram, Rusk, WI, USA
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Died: 1 Jul 1978 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
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10 F Irene Mary Demers
Born: 28 Jun 1914 - Cloquet, Carlton, MN, USA
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11 F Marie Matilda Demers
Born: 9 Aug 1916 - Rice Lake, Barron, WI, USA
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Wife Rose Crotteau
Born: Nov 1898 - Elizabeth, Union, NJ, USA
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Father: Joseph Omer Crotteau (1864-Bef 1930)
Mother: Augustine (1869-After 1930)
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• Residence, 1147 Elizabeth Ave, 11 Apr 1910 - Elizabeth, Union, NJ, USA
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Wife Rose Anna Crotteau
Born: Cir 1880 - Chenier de Tingwick, Drummond Arthabaska, QC, CAN
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Father: Frank Xavier Croteau (1841-1909)
Mother: Georgina Paradis (Cir 1850-1891)
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Wife Rose E. Crotteau
AKA: Rosella Crotteau
Born: Nov 1919 - Libby, Lincoln, MT, USA
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Father: Earnest Alonzo Crotteau (1889-1960)
Mother: Lelia Josephine Duboise (1900- )
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• Census, 13 Jan 1920 - Libby, Lincoln, MT, USA
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Wife Rosella Crotteau
Born: 1919 - Rice Lake, Barron, WI, USA
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Father: Louis Andew Crotteau (1879-1954)
Mother: Roseanna Marie Boury (1886-1968)
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• Census, 1 Jan 1920 - Rice Lake, Barron, WI, USA
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Husband Rubin Crotteau
AKA: Reuben Crotteau
Born: 29 Jan 1899 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
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Died: Feb 1968 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
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Father: Curtis Lewis Crotteau (1872-1916)
Mother: Virginia Rheaume (1878- )
Marriage: Cir 1930 - , , WI, USA
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• Census, 7 May 1910 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1899
Death Date: Feb 1968
Social Security Number: 392-10-9377
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Wisconsin
Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 54494
Localities: Biron, Wood, Wisconsin
Grand Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin
Grant, Wood, Wisconsin
Kellner, Wood, Wisconsin
Lake Wazeecha, Wood, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin
Wife Marie Theresa Starck
Born: 1909 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Father: George A. Starck (1876- )
Mother: Catherine (1879- )
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• Census, 1 Apr 1930 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Wife Ruth Elaine Crotteau
Born: Cir 1922 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI, USA
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Wife Sadie Belle Crotteau
Born: 1875 - Saint Sylvestre, Lotbiniere, QC, CAN
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Wife Samantha R. Crotteau (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Donna Mae Kraemer
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Mother: Minerva Viola Peters (1906-1996)
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Husband Sidney C. Crotteau
AKA: Syndey C. Crotteau
Born: 3 May 1902 - Libby, Lincoln, MT, USA
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Father: Israel Crotteau II (1875-1941)
Mother: Amanda Hollatz (1884-1969)
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• Census, 25 Apr 1910 - Libby, Lincoln, MT, USA
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Birth Notes: Husband - Sidney C. Crotteau
Husband Simion Crotteau
AKA: Simeon Croteau, Simmn Crotto
Born: 18 Nov 1847 - Repentigny, L'Assomption, QC, CAN
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Father: Francois Xavier Crotteau (1811-1906)
Mother: Henriette Juneau Latulippe (1812-1883)
Marriage: 7 Feb 1869 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
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• Census, 1852 - Repentigny, L'Assomption, QC, CAN
Wife Evelene Exiline Richard
Born: Jun 1852 - Saint Croix, Lotbiniere, QC, CAN
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• Census, 16 Jun 1870 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
[Eugene Crotteau] Home in 1920: Rudolph, Wood, Wisconsin Age: 67 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Birthplace: Canada Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Canada Mother's Birth Place: Canada Marital Status: Widow Race: White Sex: Female Home owned: Own Year of Immigration: Un Image: 449
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1 M Elias A. Crotteau
AKA: Eli Crotteau
Born: 11 Oct 1875 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
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Died: 16 Jun 1935 - Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Spouse: Albina Rocette (1875-Bef 1930)
Marr: 1897 - Lake, Price, WI, USA
Spouse: Mary (1881- )
Marr: 1930 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2 F Orelle Crotteau
Born: 1877 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
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3 F Dora A. Crotteau
Born: 1879 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
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4 F Julia Crotteau
Born: Oct 1880 - Sherry, Wood, WI, USA
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5 M Elmer Charles Crotteau
Born: 27 Dec 1882 - Sherry, Wood, WI, USA
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Died: 6 Jan 1944 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
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Spouse: Anna Belle McCoog (1886-1943)
Marr: 12 Jun 1905 - Plainfield, Waushara, WI, USA
6 M Ernest Edward Crotteau
Born: 28 Nov 1884 - Sherry, Wood, WI, USA
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Died: 1958 - Mosinee, Marathon, WI, USA
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Spouse: Armena (1886-Cir 1921)
Marr: 1907 - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA
Spouse: Myrtle Pike (1892-1962)
Marr: 1922 - Mosinee, Marathon, WI, USA
7 M Ralph N. Crotteau
AKA: Rafiell Crotteau
Born: 4 Jul 1887 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
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8 M Noel Arthur Crotteau
Born: 25 Dec 1889 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
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Died: 25 Dec 1961 - Ansonville, Cochrane, ON, CAN
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Spouse: Eva Mae Gillet (1896- )
Marr: 4 Sep 1914 - Wilna, Jefferson, NY, USA
9 M Anonymous Crotteau
Born: 7 Sep 1890 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
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Died: 7 Sep 1890 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
Cause of Death: Stillborn
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Status: Twin
Spouse: Did Not Marry
10 F Anonymous Crotteau
Born: 7 Sep 1890 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
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Died: 7 Sep 1890 - Rudolph, Wood, WI, USA
Cause of Death: Stillborn
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
11 M Joseph Crotteau
Born: 4 Dec 1891 - Sherry, Wood, WI, USA
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12 M Raymond John Crotteau
Born: 3 Jun 1893 - Sherry, Wood, WI, USA
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Died: 10 Dec 1979 - Zephyrhills, Pasco, FL, USA
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Spouse: Anna (1900- )
Marr: 1921 - Appleton, Outagamie, WI, USA
Research Notes: Husband - Simion Crotteau
Research Notes: Child - Elmer Charles Crotteau
General Notes: Child - Noel Arthur Crotteau
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Father: Ernest Alonzo Crotteau Jr. (1928-2004)
Mother: Alice Schave (Cir 1930-Cir 1980)
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Husband Dr. Steven Donald Crotteau Dc. (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Susan M. Sievers
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Husband Steven Roger Crotteau (details suppressed for this person)
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