Posted on 09/18/2017 5:45:25 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
MADISON, WI - Five pets were also found dead in the rubble of a house that was intentionally exploded by a husband who police believe killed his wife.
Steven Pirus is in custody for allegedly shooting his wife and attempting to cover up the crime with a house explosion, according to Madison police.
Madison police spokesperson Joel DeSpain said Monday three dogs and two cats were also found dead during the explosion investigation.
The couple's home on Stratton Way exploded Wednesday afternoon. Fire officials found the body of 50-year-old Lee Anne Pirus among the rubble.
An autopsy by the Dane County Medical Examiner shows Pirus died from homicidal firearm trauma, not injuries sustained from the blast. Koval said in the press conference Pirus was dead for weeks or months before the explosion.
Police confirmed Steven Pirus intentionally caused a natural gas leak to explode the house. Koval said Pirus admitted to shooting his wife then blowing up their home to cover up the homicide.
Pirus is being charged with first-degree intentional homicide, arson and reckless endangerment, Police Chief Mike Koval said in a press conference Sunday.
As of Sunday afternoon, Steven Pirus was in custody in the Dane County Jail, News 3 has confirmed.
The death is still under investigation by the Madison Police Department, Madison Fire Department, Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
We had a creepy guy working at our courthouse. I said hello one time, and then thought, why did I say hello to him. I didn’t want to know him at all. A few weeks later on Easter sunday he dragged her out of the house, and killed her. A passer by saw him where the body was dumped, and went back to see what he was doing there. The body was found. He was on America’s Most Wanted some months later, and died the night of the airing in a shoot out with police after someone called with a tip. She was a good woman, and school counselor in town. Very sad.
>>Does anyone elses eyes ‘ache’ after reading that garbled bunch of trash?
Yes. I had to post as soon as I read that the house was “exploded”. I’m pretty sure the correct colloquial English is simply “blown up”. I’ll try to read past the first sentence again, but I don’t think I’ll make it to the end of the story.
Yup, that’s the guy. Still at large, just as I thought.
I lived in Phoenix at the time.
I remember a few weeks after the explosion, they found his car and dog up somewhere near Payson.
All the Phx TV stations sent crews up there, and while all the big, tough SWAT guys were searching, there was a light snow flurry going on, and they were all going-on about how horrible the weather was.
Thought to myself “fat old man like me goes elk hunting in far worse weather than that”.
Made yet another mental note that the SWAT guys aren’t nearly as tough as they’d like you to think.
“Police confirmed Steven Pirus intentionally caused a natural gas leak to explode the house.”
That sentence sounds off. “...caused a natural gas leak to explode the house.” Eh?
Perhaps, “...caused a natural gas leak which resulted in the explosion.
And yes, we DO own a wood chipper.
Do you live in Fargo?! ;-)
I can possibly understand the wife. He crossed the line at the pets.
His use of ‘exploded the house’ was the first thing I noticed too. And he does it several times! Funny thing though, in paragraph six he actually uses the ‘blew up’ term...
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