WAUPACA, WI- Progress has been made in a 30-year long Waupaca County murder investigation.
51-year-old Tony Haase has been charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths of Tanna Togstad and Timothy Mumbrue.
Police records show that Togstad and her boyfriend Mumbrue were both found stabbed to death in their farmhouse in Royalton. Togstad was 23 at the time and Mumbrue was 35. Records show Mumbre was stabbed multiple times while Togstad suffered just one stab wound.
Police met up with Haase during a traffic stop last month and a DNA sample showed him as a “major male contributor” to the that were recovered from Togstad’s body.
According to the police report, Haase admitted to the murders during questioning on Thursday. The report states that Haase disclosed that his father was killed in a snowmobile accident when he was a child. He revealed that his father was in a major snowmobile crash with two other snowmobiles and one of the other drivers was Togstad’s father.
According to the report, Haase told investigators that on March 20, 1992, he became drunk and started thinking about the accident. He said he went to Togstad’s home without intending to hurt anyone. He said he got into a scuffle with Tim Mumbrue and ended up stabbing him while they were wrestling. He admitted to punching and stabbing Togstad.
Haase said he did not want to make it sound like the murder was planned and that is why he never reported it.
“This arrest happened because of investigators’ unwavering pursuit of justice over the course of three decades,” said Attorney General Josh Kaul. “Thank you to everyone whose commitment to this investigation made this arrest possible.”
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