State v. John

Since 1950 Donald Crass lived alone with his dog in a cabin in the town of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. His sister, Mrs. Hazel DeLair, usually saw him once or twice a week and sometimes every two weeks. On the night of March 10, 1955, not having seen Crass for some time, she had two of her sons go to his cabin to see if he was ill. The boys came back without having found Crass, and Mrs. OeLair returned to the cabin with them. They found the door padlocked and they could not locate Crass or his dog. Checking his mailbox on the highway, they found some literature and a letter from a freight company…