Crime & Justice

Suspect in Gymnast’s Killing Identified as Former Wrestler

R.I.P.

Former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater athlete Chad T. Richards, 23, is accused of fatally shooting 21-year-old gymnast Kara Welsh after after an altercation, police said.

Owen Lavine
Owen Lavine 

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Illustration of Kara Welsh (left) and Chad T. Richards (right)
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Whitewater Police
Owen Lavine

Owen Lavine

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