Husband of JBLM soldier charged with killing, freezing stepbrother

Husband of JBLM soldier charged with killing, freezing stepbrother
Post by Stacia Glenn
The News Tribune
Nov. 6, 2012

The husband of a Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier was charged today with killing his autistic stepbrother in Wisconsin and freezing his body in a freezer.

Pierce County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jeffrey Vogelsberg, 28, late Monday at the base’s main gate. It’s unclear when he will be extradited to face charges of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse in the death of 27-year-old Matthew Graville.

At a news conference today, Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said Graville was tortured and abused by Vogelsberg who killed him, froze his body in a freezer and then buried it near Mazomanie last July.

“In 33 years, 25 as a detective, I find it difficult to find another case where an individual took advantage of a developmentally disabled male for their own entertainment,” Mahoney told the Wisconsin State Journal. “Matthew lived a living hell, one in which he could only find peace in death.”

Graville’s mother reported him missing in September, telling police she hadn’t spoken with him since March and that he’d been living with his stepbrother in Mazomanie. The men met when Graville, who suffered from Asperger’s syndrome, was 4.

Graville’s body was found Monday in a makeshift grave. It had been buried on state Department of Natural Resources land.
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