A 26-year-old Prairie Du Chien man confessed to the alleged murder of his girlfriend, then-23-year-old Shannon Fischer, who went missing nearly four years ago.
Suspect Michael John Burroughs entered the Crawford County Jail Sunday morning to admit to the killing, Prairie du Chien Police Chief Chad Abram said in a statement.
Police have been conducting an open investigation of the case since Fischer disappeared in December 2006.
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According to Abram, police are working with the Crawford County District Attorney's Office to bring homicide charges against Burroughs.
No details of the murder have been released as the case remains under investigation, Abram said.
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