Jun 7, 1987 - Madison, WI
Officer Cameron McLay of the Madison Police Department was dispatched to Simpson Street regarding a possible drug overdose.
Officer McLay saw Tricia Schuh on the floor of the apartment, paramedics were applying cardiopulmonary resuscitation. McLay spoke with Richard Ales
who told him that it was his apartment but he had been asleep in his bedroom when Todd D'Antoni knocked on his door asking him to call an ambulance.
D'Antoni had given cocaine to Schuh, and another girl, Rebecca Reynolds. Schuh later died. D'Antoni was charged with distribution of a controlled
substance to a person under eighteen years of age. Reynolds was to be the prosecution's key witness.
While D'Antoni was incarcerated in the Dane County Jail he met Ricco Ferguson. D'Antoni told Ferguson that he and his brother, Daniel D'Antoni, had
arranged for someone to be paid $10,000 to murder Reynolds. Ferguson offered to commit the murder himself for less money, although he never in fact
intended to do so. Daniel told Ferguson that he had spoken with D'Antoni and that he was working on getting a picture of Reynolds but didn't have one yet.
Ferguson met with law enforcement officers that same day and agreed to cooperate in an investigation of the plan to murder Reynolds.
Over the ensuing few days, Ferguson had several telephone conversations with D'Antoni, Daniel and Ales. All of these conversations were recorded on tape.
Ales met twice with Ferguson, once to give him some money, and once to show him where Reynolds lived and to give him a description of her.
1558 Simpson St., Apartment 7
Todd D'Antoni - Convicted and sentenced to 40 years
Daniel D'Antoni & Richard Ales - Convicted of conspiracy to kill a government witness and sentenced to 5 years
Tricia Lynn Schuh-Edge (15)
Rebecca Reynolds (14)
