Apr 28, 1987 - Madison, WI
Thomas Steffes was a prospective member of the Satan's Dragons motorcycle gang.
Never mind that none of them actually owned a motorcycle. "We're poor people, motorcycles cost money".
After Steffes made some comments during initiation that irritated one of the members, four of them decided to take him for a walk and teach him a lesson. When they got him down the
block they dragged him through some bushes into a vacant lot at the corner of Catalpa Rd. & Magnolia Lane on Madison's south side. There Steffes was kicked, punched & stripped, and
then they strangled him with a belt. After he died his body was mutilated with a knife and his genitals cut off.
Thomas J. Steffes (22)
Gerald M. Muehlenbruch (30) - Guilty of First-Degree Murder, Party to a Crime - Life Sentence
Kenneth "Tex" Riscen (31) - Guilty of First-Degree Murder, Party to a Crime - Life Sentence
Larry James Womack (18) - Guilty of First-Degree Murder, Party to a Crime - 20 years
William J. Maheu (40) - Guilty of Second-Degree Murder, Party to a Crime - 20 years
Lemuel "Pops" Smith (54) - Leader
Bev Maheu
