Gary Albert Herbst was a man whose partial remains were discovered in a wooded area of Barron County, Wisconsin, in 2017.
He was identified by the DNA Doe Project in June 2020. His son was sentenced to 12 years, and his wife was sentenced to 2 years for the murder in November of that year.
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On December 3, 2017, police were dispatched to a local residence in Dallas, Wisconsin, after the property owner found a human skull fragment on his driveway. The property owner claimed his dog found it and brought it back. Further searches of the surrounding woods uncovered more skeletal remains.
Sources[]
- DrydenWire
- Star Tribune
- Southwest News Media (archived)
- Lonsdale News Review
- Gary Herbst at the DNA Doe Project