MAUSTON – A Juneau County judge has set a $5 million cash bail for a man charged with killing 33-year-old Elizabeth Kolba and two girls, ages 12 and 13. Virgil G. Thew, 47, of New Lisbon, faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide that were filed Jan. 3. Juneau County Circuit Court Judge Stacey Smith set Thew's bond Friday afternoon.

MAUSTON, Wis. (WKOW) — Triple homicide suspect Virgil Thew is being held on a $5 million cash bond. The judge set the bond during Thew's first court appearance at the Juneau County Justice Center on Friday. Thew, 47, is accused of killing his live-in girlfriend and two girls in his care in New Lisbon.

The video on Virgil Thew is from Dec. 31, 2024. ELROY, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in Wisconsin have confirmed the arrest of Virgil Thew, who is accused of killing a woman and her two children. According to the Juneau County Sheriff’s Office,

Authorities said Thursday that they captured a man wanted in the killing of a Wisconsin woman and two girls. The Juneau County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that the suspect was arrested Thursday.

Law enforcement authorities in Wisconsin have arrested and charged a man they believe killed two juveniles and an adult in late December. The New Lisbon Police Department confirmed it had arrested 47-year-old Virgil Thew after an 11-day search.

A man at the center of a Wisconsin manhunt was apprehended Thursday. According to the Juneau County Sheriff’s Office, Virgil Thew, a man wanted in connection to a triple homicide, is in custody. The arrest ends an over week-long manhunt for Thew,