The
recovery of 22-year-old Stephanie Low's remains comes after Kristopher (Spider)
Torgerson led detectives to a national park last week where he revealed her
shallow grave, said police. Torgerson allegedly stabbed Low to death during a
drug deal.
BY
Nina Golgowski
NEW
YORK DAILY NEWS
A
body believed to belong to 22-year-old Stephanie Low who disappeared in October
2010 has been recovered in a national forest, police said Monday. Facebook A
body believed to belong to 22-year-old Stephanie Low who disappeared in October
2010 has been recovered in a national forest, police said Monday.
The
body of a missing 22-year-old woman who mysteriously vanished from her
Wisconsin apartment nearly four years ago has been found, authorities said.
Wausau
Police announced the recovery of Stephanie Low's remains at an emotional press
conference Monday before the young victim's friends and family.
Low's
recovery comes after a suspect in the case, Kristopher (Spider) Torgerson, led
detectives to a national park last week where he revealed her shallow grave,
said police.
"I
would not say that there was a confession. He was willing to show us where the
body was," said Wausau Police Chief Jeff Hardel of Torgerson.
A
search for the 22-year-old began on Oct. 10, 2010 when police called to her
home reported finding bedding missing, a strong odor of bleach and drops of
blood near her bed.
Authorities
also said they found crack cocaine in a safe hidden in the apartment. They
determined, from the evidence gathered, that Low and her boyfriend, Eric
Maholmes, had been dealing drugs prior to her murder.
Maholmes
was later arrested for drug possession with intent to deliver and sentenced to
six and a half years behind bars in 2011, WAOW reported.
Torgerson,
who was allegedly one of Low's customers, allegedly stabbed her in the neck
after she "ripped him off as he needed crack cocaine," said Hardel.
Kristopher
Torgerson, pictured, allegedly led detectives to her grave last week.
Torgerson, who has long been a suspect in Low's murder, allegedly killed her
during a drug deal. Marathon County Sheriff's Office Enlarge
A
search for the 22-year-old began on Oct. 10, 2010 when police called to her
home reported finding bedding missing, a strong odor of bleach and drops of blood
near her bed. Facebook Enlarge
Kristopher
Torgerson, left, allegedly led detectives to Low's grave last week. Torgerson,
who has long been a suspect in Low's murder, allegedly killed her during a drug
deal.
He
obtained help in burying her body in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest by
a man who later confessed to helping remove her body from her apartment on the
night she was killed, he said.
That
man, later located by police in Long Beach, Calif. confessed to the dirty deed,
as well as "watching Torgerson bury her body," said Hardel.
From
mid May 2013 to the fall, detectives searched the area 15 to 20 times to locate
the grave site.
It
wasn't until they confronted Torgerson — who was already behind bars on other
charges — with video of others accusing him of having confessed to the murder
that he agreed to take them to the exact site.
Low's
body was exhumed Saturday morning, approximately 1 1/2-feet below the earth's
surface, said Hardel.
The
State Attorney General is now working to file charges against Torgerson in
Low's death.
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