Friday, February 7, 2025

Charges filed in Tomahawk man’s death

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Prosecutors have filed homicide charges in the recent death of a Tomahawk man. 

The Lincoln County District Attorney’s Office on Monday filed first-degree intentional homicide charges against Michelle Sanderson, 43, of Tomahawk. The charges also included resisting or obstructing an officer and disorderly conduct, and all three charges carried a domestic abuse modifier. 

Michelle Sanderson is accused in the death of 50-year-old Richard Sanderson of Tomahawk. According to the criminal complaint, police believe Michelle Sanderson stabbed her husband with a steak knife, and he was taken to the hospital in Tomahawk shortly before 10 pm. He died of his injuries at the hospital around 10:30 pm, according to the complaint. 

Witnesses told police they witnessed the couple arguing that night, according to the criminal complaint.

Michelle Sanderson told police she heard her husband calling for help from the garage, and found him bleeding, the complaint says. 

She is currently being held in Lincoln County Jail on a $250,000 cash bond, according to online court records. 

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