Man in custody after Siren woman fatally stabbed while children were inside home, sheriff says
UPDATE (Sept. 19, 2023): Authorities have identified the victim. What follows is a revised version of the original story.
SIREN, Wis. — A man is in custody in connection to the stabbing death of a western Wisconsin mother.
The Burnett County Sheriff's Office says a man called 911 early Friday morning to report killing 32-year-old Brittany Hollan, and asking for four children inside her Siren home to be taken away.
Deputies arrived to find Hollan dead, and the children unhurt. The 911 caller who confessed to the killing wasn't there.
Hollan's autopsy concluded that she died from stab wounds to the head and neck.
The 36-year-old suspect was eventually found and arrested in Grantsburg, which is about 15 miles east of Siren.
The suspect is being held in the Burnett County Jail on a $1 million bond. WCCO typically does not identify those arrested until they are formally charged.
A GoFundMe set up for the victim says Hollan was a mother of five.
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