John Ferak, Fond du Lac Reporter

John Ferak

Fond du Lac Reporter

Appleton, WI, United States

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  • USA TODAY
  • Oshkosh Northwestern
  • Green Bay Press-Gaz.
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  • SheboyganPress Media
  • HTR
  • StevensPoint Journal
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Past articles by John:

The Lost: What ever happened to Bobby Joe Fritz?

The 5-year-old Campbellsport boy vanished in May 1983. Can new science solve his case? → Read More

Defense claims missing evidence in seeking new trial for Avery

Zellner identifies four cases of missing evidence favorable for Steven Avery → Read More

'Making a Murderer': Steven Avery's lawyer says victim's ex-boyfriend killed her

Here are seven reasons why the defense suspects Teresa Halbach's killer was her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Ryan Hillegas. → Read More

Murder cases often go cold after exonerations

When wrong suspect is set free, investigators take passive approaches to new evidence → Read More

Sisters' murders unsolved years after killer's DNA freed woman

Investigators have a wealth of evidence, but no suspects in the 1991 farmhouse slayings. → Read More

Avery's lawyer comes under scrutiny

Kathleen Zellner dismisses critics who question her progress in the Steven Avery appeal. → Read More

'Organized' bandits, $46K of stolen cheese still missing

Nearly a year later, authorities don't know where the cheese is or who stole the cheese. → Read More

My return visit to Avery Salvage Yard

Updated testing of evidence is being done in Steven Avery's murder case. → Read More

Voices: Story of Wisconsin's 'most dangerous' pedophile

Michael Menzer, convicted of killing a son and a stepson that he had abused, was suspected but never arrested in at least one other case. → Read More

Jerry Buting, Ken Kratz battle it out on 'Dr. Phil'

For the first time in 10 years, three major players from the Steven Avery murder case reunite, Jerry Buting, Ken Kratz and Tom Fassbender. → Read More

The story of Wisconsin's 'most notorious pedophile'

Research on Bobby Joe Fritz disappearance led to Michael Menzer → Read More

Who are they? Wisconsin's missing children

USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin has assembled details on 13 endangered children. → Read More

Hope, despair for families of missing kids

About 20 children who were reported missing in Wisconsin over the years haven't been found. → Read More

Fritz, Wetterling cases share tragic bond

The child abduction cases from Wisconsin and Minnesota in the 1980s have similar aspects. → Read More

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The Lost: What ever happened to Bobby Joe Fritz?

The 5-year-old Campbellsport boy vanished in May 1983. Can new science solve his case? → Read More

Ricky Hochstetler case unsolved 18 years later

Manitowoc County teenager was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in 1999. → Read More

Ricky Hochstetler case unsolved 18 years later

MANITOWOC - Tuesday marks 18 frustrating years since Debi Hochstetler got the knock on her front door that she'll never forget: her oldest child, her 17-year-old son, was killed in a hit-and-run crash during a snowstorm. The fatality occurred just before 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 10, 1999. It remains unsolved. A junior at Manitowoc's Lincoln High School, Ricky Hochstetler was killed as he walked home… → Read More

DOJ: Dassey claim has no basis in fact or law

State files legal brief with U.S. Court of Appeals defending Dassey confession. → Read More

DOJ: Dassey claim has no basis in fact or law

State files legal brief with U.S. Court of Appeals defending Dassey confession. → Read More

DOJ: Dassey claim has no basis in fact or law

State files legal brief with U.S. Court of Appeals defending Dassey confession. → Read More