Jan 28, 2008 - Madison, WI
Joel Marino is found in the alley off the 700 block of S. Park Street. He had been stabbed in the abdomen and upper chest; he was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Inside Marino's home police find the knife. There is no sign of forced entry.
A resident of West Shore Drive, was standing in his driveway and saw someone running toward him from the direction of Marino's house. Ulrich speaks to the person, but
receives no answer. He later helps police create a composite drawing of the male. The drawing was released to the public March 10.
A stocking cap and backpack investigators say were worn by a person of interest in this case are sent to the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory for forensic tests. Hair
is removed from the inside of the white stocking cap and given to the FBI Hair and Fiber Lab.
Adam Peterson is arrested after officers obtain a search warrant to collect his DNA. Peterson enters a guilty plea to one count of first-degree intentional homicide
during a hearing in Dane County Circuit Court. He is immediately sentenced to life in prison.
Jan 10, 2009 - Waupun, WI
Peterson hangs himself at Dodge Correctional Institution. One end of a bed sheet was tired around his neck and the other tied to the railing of the upper bunk bed.
Apr 8, 2009 - Waupun, WI
Joshua Walters, Peterson's cellmate, was convicted of Assisting Suicide in 2010 and received a sentence of 2 Years, 3 Months to be served after the time he was currently
serving. Peterson's body was found after Walters yelled to a guard that he thought his roommate was dead. Walters told detectives he had nothing to do with the death
and speculated that Peterson may have been feeling down because he had stopped taking his medication. But Walters described his role in the suicide in great detail to
another inmate.
Peterson did not want to commit suicide then because his family was coming for a visit, but Walters persuaded him to do so and said he would also commit suicide after
Peterson did. Walters told Peterson to write a suicide note and put it in his waist band. Walters tied the noose to the bed for Peterson and made sure it would support
his weight by putting his own head inside it. Then he twisted the sheet to open a hole for Peterson. Peterson voluntarily put on the noose, and Walters put a towel
around his neck to help him pass out. Peterson began twitching and kicked a chair, which Walters moved because it made too much noise. Then Walters pretended to go to
sleep in his bed. About an hour later, he called for help.
Joel Anthony Marino (31) - 714 West Shore Dr.
Adam C. Peterson (20)
Joshua E. Walters (20) - Dodge County Case 2009CF114
The television show Extreme Forensics had an episode on the Marino murder. Season 2, Episode 11 - Murder in Madison (Jun 28, 2010)
