WI - The man accused of murdering a truck driver in Portage County will also stand trial in Marathon County for rape, false imprisonment and wiretapping a woman's phone.
Michael Haydon, 40, has been in jail, awaiting trial for allegedly shooting Pat Zemke to death in November 2003 after he mistakenly thought the truck driver was seeing Haydon's girlfriend.
Prosecutors say Haydon raped the woman the night before the murder of Zemke.
In court today, the victim testified when she came home that November night, her dogs were missing and there was a boombox on the table with a note saying "press play."
She said what she heard was a phone conversation between her and a friend.
A closer look at the note made it clear that Haydon had taken her dogs, and he wanted the woman to call him.
Sergeant Mike Lukas of the Portage County Sheriff's Department says Haydon had wiretaps on the victim's line to see if she was involved with another man.
But the taps he had also caught threatening conversations he had with the woman... (more)
Haydon is pleading not guilty. (more)
