Forgotten: Wisconsin Cold Cases Podcast · Kassandra Sepeda/WSAW

Forgotten: William Schnackel - The Bus in the Woods

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Michael was acquitted, the trial transcript was lost, and the county clerk found no record anyone was ever charged.

This episode investigates the 1980 disappearance of William Schnakel, a Wisconsin man who lived in a bus and collected scrap metal. The narrative follows the investigation that focused on his roommate Michael Winters, who was arrested and acquitted of murder despite friends' statements about him digging up bones and admitting to homicide. The case remains unsolved with no body found and the trial transcript lost.

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