Man strangles 14 yr old stepson in Walmart parking lot [View All]

MILWAUKEE - A southeastern Wisconsin man strangled his 14-year-old stepson with a necktie in a minivan in a Walmart parking lot, telling investigators he wanted to get revenge on his wife and her relatives for interfering in his business, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Charles A. Avey Sr., 37, of Grafton, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and felony bail jumping in the death of Cody A. Reetz. Online court records didn't list an attorney for Avey, and police didn't know whether he had a lawyer.

Prosecutors said Avey killed Reetz to punish his wife's mother, sisters and ex-husband for meddling in his family's affairs, prosecutors said. Around the same time as the teen's death on Sunday, Avey's wife was filing a police report alleging that he repeatedly struck her with a hammer the previous week, the criminal complaint said.

Cody's body was found in the minivan, a necktie knotted tightly around his neck, prosecutors said. A medical examiner said the eighth grader died of strangulation.

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