Cherise Rosga Anderson
Appearances
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
There was talk about a necklace being missing from the body of George that he always wore. He never, ever took it off.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
The theory was, oh, whoever killed him took it off and gave it to Linda as proof of the act was done. They made it into, seriously, a very big thing, like, oh, that was proof of the death, proof of the killing.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
The Gers family stayed in the lower level and her and her one boyfriend stayed in the upper level. This was at the wake of her dead husband.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
They weren't sure what was going on. And when they came upon the pickup truck in the back to the south of the building itself, they discovered a male laying on his back. He was still alive. And I do see an officer notified dispatch at 1.35 a.m. that they had a victim with a severe head injury and an ambulance was needed. So that was within three minutes of the actual call.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
If we do take the Teamsters theory, what would the motive be there? Something about knowing too much or something. People thought, oh, Dorfman probably told Jer some stuff.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
She had referred in these letters that she was going to prison and how she was not going to go alone. She was trying to get money from this person to help her out in her current situation. According to the officer from Cicero PD, the letter made reference to this male having to do something with killing someone.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
She had no explanation for why she put that there, but then she explained that the person that she referred as being killed, quote unquote, would have been her. She states that what she meant was that going to prison would kill her and that Bernie would be responsible somehow for having had her go to prison because he owed her this money and could not repay it. That's how she explained that.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
Her answer was, I can't say yes, I can't say no, it's possible.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
After 93, spinning the wheels, it's now a seven-year-old case, and people are retiring. The detective sergeant, he's off the case and other people. Detective Sergeant retired, and so then there's really, it's, you hate to say it, but it's not being worked, okay? And we have limited resources, limited personnel, and new cases come in.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
If this was the only case, man, we could all be in here working on it, right? But it's not.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
At the time of the shooting, she was 19 years old, and she was married, had a five-month-old baby boy, and was a couple months pregnant with her second child.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
So that was another unbelievable thing in here. Very, very manipulative. And so, yeah, so that was like, holy cow.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
We just wanted to make sure we could possibly eliminate her. We're still going with the Linda probably is the number one, you know, where it wasn't her technically doing it, but, you know, her possibly hiring somebody.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
You wear glasses, whether sunglasses or reading glasses or whatever glasses. You know, you've got the nose here or behind the ears. You're just sloughing off cells and stuff. Every time you enter a room, you're probably shedding some of your DNA. And, you know, you sweat, whatever, and you push the glasses, the nose piece back up. So that's the areas that you would love to look for DNA.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
But unfortunately, the way that it was packaged and processed, right, the DNA was compromised, if there was any DNA, which I'm sure that there was, especially on those sunglasses.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
That was the first time the gun was submitted for DNA. So I'm waiting, patiently waiting, and I get a phone call from the crime lab that there was a hit. And I'm like, yeah, a male profile. I'm like, awesome. And I don't know how long later it ended up being the lab analyst. He called and he's like, it was me, I'm sorry. And they wear gloves and the mask. But you know what?
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
It's just how sensitive DNA is, you know? He could have coughed. He could have been talking over it. You know, we're told not to ever talk over evidence or whatever. So that was, it was, you know, you get such a high. It's like, yes. And then it's gone.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
Unfortunately, we haven't had a tip in so long, and so it would be nice with the podcast that if anybody hearing this, you know, likewise with the playing cards, you know, you're hoping to stir some memories up.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
Because with time, as you've heard many, many times from other officers, you know, I mean, people pass away, they lose their memories, and then on the officer's part, you know, we get new cases, and you can only dedicate so much time, and... So yeah, so hopefully this will stir up something new.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
And please don't think, oh, it's just something little, because you know what? Sometimes those little things, or you think it might be minimal or trivial, it could be a huge, it could be the break that we need.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
And that's when they discovered the place was all secure. Doors were locked. No windows were broken. His vehicle was there. Keys were in the ignition. It was unlocked. Nobody tried breaking into the place. They could have taken a perfectly good pickup truck. The keys were right there. And they could have taken his wallet. They didn't do that.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
And then as the officers were spreading and looking out further, enlarging the crime scene and looking for more evidence, they found a pair of aviator sunglasses along the trajectory of where the witness who called it in saw him walking. And then as they grew their search pattern, they found a .22 caliber revolver firearm to the east of the road, like it was just tossed.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
So that we believe is a dead end. The .22 caliber revolver, it's used in a lot of homicides, and they had no qualms leaving it at the scene. I don't think it was accidentally dropped like the sunglasses. I think the sunglasses were probably dropped accidentally, but that firearm, I think it was tossed.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
She had just arrived like at 5.30 in the morning and she got the phone call that her husband was shot and was at Wausau Hospital. And I guess she had a friend drive her up there.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
He was described as kind of a seedy or shady-looking character, a tall, thin, white male. And he seemed really jumpy or nervous, according to the witnesses. And he wanted to know what time George was getting off of work, because George was bartending at the time. He owned the business, but he also worked his own business.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
And in fact, the person said it was almost like, not what time are you guys closing, but what time does George get off of work? So they thought that was kind of suspicious.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
reportedly he had told people, several different people, and these are patrons when you think it's a small community, they're the same regulars, right? And he had told them that he's been getting these phone calls like in the evenings and he would answer and there wouldn't be anybody on. He was a little irritated by the phone call. There it is again, and no one's on there.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
He never told anybody or, you know, speculated who it might have been. It didn't seem like it concerned him. It more irritated him.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
It was almost like a classic hit. They left the 22 at the scene because they knew it couldn't be traced back to them. And so the question would be, who hired that person? And the person right now that is at the top of the list is Linda Jairz.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
Several of the patrons who were interviewed that stated that George confided in them that he wanted Linda up here. He wanted Linda in Eagle River. He wanted her to come up here and be a wife. He wanted her to help out with the business. Patron's friends of George and Linda did state that George was having an affair or affairs, and Linda also admitted that.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
So they did have trouble with their marriage. It sounded like it.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
She states that while she was up here from July 30th to the 2nd, everything went well, gave no indication of any trouble or problems with anybody or anything. She did say that George could be obnoxious when he drank, but again, say there was no longstanding with that type of thing.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
And then there was a conversation. There was trouble with the phone. They were disconnected. She called a second time and got through. And then she told George to make sure to notify the operator that they were dropped.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
Yeah, and I thought that was suspicious. You know, I mean, is she creating an alibi that it wasn't her? You know, at least physically her pulling the trigger. Was an earring ever found in the bathroom? No, it was not. I wear earrings all the time. I'm naked without them, and I never take off this necklace, and I have never, ever taken earrings off, especially in a restaurant in the bathroom.