MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ) – A jury trial starts today for a man charged in the 1976 slayings of a couple in Marinette County.
84 year old Raymand Vannieuwenhoven is charged with two counts of 1st Degree Murder for the deaths of David Schuldes and Ellen Matheys.
The case has been delayed several times in the past two years due to competency hearings and other motions.
Vannieuwenhoven is accused of killing Schuldes and Matheys on July 9, 1976. The couple was camping at McClintock Park in the town of Silver Cliff when they were attacked, shot, and killed. Matheys was also raped.
DNA evidence collected at the scene was finally matched with the suspect in 2019.
The trial is scheduled to run through the end of the month.
