UPDATE: Gavin Thompson, Dodgeville, to be charged in death of woman reported missing

ARTICLE UPDATE:

A criminal complaint was issued against Gavin Thompson, 23 of Dodgeville, according to a press conference Friday at the Iowa County Law Enforcement Center.  Thompson will be formally charged next week in Iowa County Court for 1st Degree Intentional Homicide of Dodgeville Resident Dorinda Segebrecht (sedge-breck), Burglary While Armed, Hiding a Corpse, and Operation of a Motor Vehicle Without Consent, along with other possible charges.  

Gavin Thompson was arrested in Lincoln Nebraska following a pursuit, crashing the vehicle, and trying to flee on foot.  The body of Dorinda Segebrecht (sedge-breck), 67 of Dodgeville was located in the vehicle.  

Authorities believe the killing was a random act of violence.  There was no known relationship between the suspect and the victim.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE:

DODGEVILLE, Wis (WRCO / WRCE) – The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office has an update to a search for a missing/endangered person.

The Dodgeville Police Department is conducting an endangered missing person investigation that occurred Tuesday night, July 15. At approximately 7:50 p.m., the Dodgeville Police Department responded to a welfare check in the 300 block of East Division Street in the city of Dodgeville. Upon arrival, officers made contact with the missing person’s family members, who reported that the missing person had not been heard from since approximately 11 a.m. Monday, July 14.  

Dodgeville Police Department officers determined that evidence at the scene suggested that the missing person may be injured and/or in danger. The missing person’s vehicle was not located at the scene, and a public notification was issued.

Investigators discovered that the vehicle may be in the state of Nebraska, and information was relayed to the Nebraska State Patrol. At 1:50 a.m. Wednesday, July 16, a Nebraska State Trooper spotted the vehicle on I-80 in Lincoln. The driver was not the subject of the missing person case. The trooper attempted a traffic stop which resulted in a vehicle pursuit, ending when the vehicle crashed and the driver, identified as 23-year-old Gavin Thompson of Dodgeville, fled on foot and was subsequently arrested and transported to the Lancaster County Jail in Nebraska.

The Iowa County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that a deceased adult female was located in the vehicle and are awaiting positive identification of the deceased female.  

The Dodgeville Police Department is leading this investigation and is assisted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), a DCI Crime Response Specialist, the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory Crime Scene Response Team, Iowa County Sheriff’s Office, and the Nebraska State Patrol.

Additional updates will be available via the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.

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