From that article:
Whoever killed a Hmong hunter in a Marinette County public hunting area took pains to conceal the body, the sheriff said Sunday.
In custody on a probation-parole violation from a previous case. The sheriff said Nichols' story has "changed three or four times."
Searchers with a tracking dog could not find Cha Vang, 30, Friday night after his hunting companions reported him missing. Shortly after the search resumed Saturday morning, Vang's body was found concealed in the Peshtigo Harbor Wildlife Area, though Marinette County Sheriff James Kanikula declined to say how the body was hidden.
And minutes after authorities learned that Vang had disappeared, local hospital officials reported that a man had arrived in the emergency room with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the hand. Hospitals are required to notify law enforcement of any firearms-related injuries.
It didn't take detectives long to make what they say is a connection between the two shootings. James A. Nichols, 28, of Peshtigo was held on a probation-parole violation after his hand was treated. According to online state court records, Nichols was convicted in Marinette County of several felony burglary charges in 1996.
"We got a missing hunter. We got a guy in the hospital with a gunshot wound to his hand. He showed up a half-hour after we got this call that we've got a missing hunter," said Kanikula, who was sworn in last week.
"The long and short of it is our investigators are sharp. They went to talk to this guy. His story changed three or four times. It's just a matter of good investigation."
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So it seems that Nichols might have been trying to make a claim of self-defense, but got his story mixed up?
"The long and short of it is our investigators are sharp."
Musta bin som sorta fellar like Columbo to make sense a all them there clues!