The perp lived in Lakewood, Ed Gein lived in Plainfield. I wonder how far apart they are?
Not that I see any real connection, unless maybe that this creep idolized the other creep...
Interesting that he apparently had lived in Lakewood for only the past 2 decades. Lakewood, as you can see on the map below, is pretty darn close to the park where he committed the rape and double murder back in 1976. I wonder if he had moved there from somewhere further away, perhaps to be closer to that park?
"The widower and father of five grown children had lived quietly for two decades among the 800 residents of Lakewood, a northern Wisconsin town surrounded by forests and small lakes."