PEPIN, Wis. – The man accused of killing his wife at their Nelson house smelled of alcohol when he was arrested, said sheriff’s investigator Michael Osmond. Osmond was among the fust officers to arrive. Later, when Jonathan Medeiros was interviewed at the Pepin County jail, he offered details of what happened. Osmond quoted Medeios: “I stood up out of bed, grabbed a shotgun, and fucking shot once. She was screaming at me, going ape shit screaming at me, and I shot again.” Medeiros said he aimed at his wife’s chest, Osmond said. Jolene R. Medeiros was dead when police arrived.
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Nelson profile
Nelson, population 370, is in sparsely populated Buffalo County and nine miles up the Mississippi River from Alma, the county seat. It is eight miles from Pepin, farther upriver and in the next county. The town is the junction of Highway 35, which is promoted to tourists as Wisconsn’s Great River Road, and Highway 25, which links Wabasha, Minnesota, and Durand, Wisconsin. Nelson is not on the Mississippi itself but three miles inland through wildlife-rich and dense backwaters. Nelson was an early water stop for steam locomotives on the Burlington railroad’s Chicago-St. Paul route. Trains don’t stop anymore but speed through at 50 to 70 mph. Nelson has evolved mostly into a tourist and biker stop with bars, restaurants and the well-known J&J Barbeque and Nelson Cheese Factory.