Police release more details on homicide victim

By Marci Laehr Tenuta
Journal Times

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:10 PM CST

RACINE — The 29-year-old woman found dead inside her apartment early Sunday morning was probably killed between 24 to 48 hours before her body was discovered, Racine police said Tuesday.

Ann M. Larson was found deceased inside her upper flat at 2109 1/2 Superior St. at 3 a.m. Sunday by a friend who had grown concerned because he hadn’t heard from her in several days. The acquaintance, who does not live in Racine, apparently drove in to town just to check on Larson, department spokesman Sgt. Bernie Kupper said.

Initially, police did not think Larson was the victim of foul play, however once her body was taken to Waukesha County for an autopsy, the death was determined to be suspicious. Following the autopsy Monday, authorities ruled Larson’s death a homicide.

Police have not released the cause of death.

Ann Larson

Investigators are now trying to determine where Larson was and who she was with before she died. Police had no suspects as of Tuesday, Kupper said.

Larson was the mother of two children, ages 6 and 10, who were apparently staying with their grandparents at the time her body was found.

Larson attended Racine Montessori School, Washington Park High School and received her General Education Degree. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection and spent two summers with the Teen Missions Program in Bonaire and Africa.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Racine Police Department at (262) 635-7700 or give anonymous information to Crime Stoppers by calling (888) 636-9330, via e-mail at racine.crimestoppersweb.com; or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP417 and your message.

Funeral services will be held at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 322 Ohio St., Friday at 11 a.m. Friends and family may meet with the family at the church from 9:30 a.m. until the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials for the education of her two children have been suggested.

Stephanie Brien of the Journal Times contributed to this report.

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