Arizona woman, 80, charged in 1985 St. Croix Falls cold case murder

An 80-year-old Arizona woman has been charged with one count of first-degree murder in the 1985 death of Yvonne Menke, who was found shot to death in a St. Croix Falls, Wis., stairwell.

Mary Josephine Bailey of Apache Junction, Ariz., lived near St. Croix Falls at the time of the murder and had been dating the same man as Menke, according to a criminal complaint. She was taken into custody Monday and was being held in Arizona awaiting extradition.

According to the complaint: Menke, 45, was shot three times on Dec. 12, 1985, when she stepped out of her apartment at about 6:25 a.m. to warm up her car before driving to work. Her daughter called the local police department after hearing what sounded like a gunshot and seeing someone running away from the apartment building at 121 ½ S. Washington St., in St. Croix Falls.

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