There are more charges against the man accused of killing three people in New Lisbon. Forty-seven-year-old Virgil Thew made his initial appearance in Juneau County Court Thursday. Thew, already charged with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide, now faces charges of hiding a corpse, possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, taking and driving a vehicle without consent and a misdemeanor charge of obstructing an officer. He’s accused of killing 33-year-old Elizabeth Kolba, and two girls, ages 12 and 13 at their New Lisbon home late last year. New Libson is about 60 miles east of La Crosse.

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