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."
It's difficult to believe they were his only victims. Apparently he was first arrested for attacking two teenaged girls (on the same day in 1957) back when he was about 20.