WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) — Several witnesses testified on Friday that Kristopher Torgerson privately confessed to killing Stephanie Low.
Doug Koplitz said he knew Kristopher Torgerson from a jail work release program in 2011, and Torgerson twice told him that he killed the 22-year-old Low in October 2010. In one admission, Koplitz was under the influence of drugs and alcohol, he said.
“He had told me that he killed Stephanie Low and then he asked me if I would go and help him remove the body and put her somewhere else,” said Koplitz.
Other informants could not be identified, including one who made deals with police in exchange for information on several occasions and one who was in a relationship with Torgerson.
Forensics experts have testified Torgerson’s DNA was not found in Stephanie’s apartment. His defense lawyer has argued that the witnesses are not credible enough to convict his client of murder, though he admits that Torgerson should be found guilty of hiding the body.
