LACROSSE, Wis. – A convicted drug-dealer, already in jail, has been identified in the death of a \woman whose body was found along a LaCrosse hiking trail in July. Police said evidence led them to Benjamin Thoreson, 43. He had been arrested in a separate matter in August, two weeks after the death of Julia Hedum. Her body was found on the Bud Hendrickson hiking trail in north LaCrosse on July 23. The latest charge against Thoreson will be hiding a corpse, police said. Police investigators reported finding property belonging to Hedum in Thoreson’s room at a North Side hotel. Surveillance video showed him carting out a wagon with what appeared to be a body wrapped in a sheet, investigators said. A few days later, on the separate matter, Thoreson was indicted on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges. That case is still in the courts.
Thorseon. Already indicted for drugs and firearms. Now hiding a corpse?