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"One of the bodies found in a suitcase in Walworth County has been identified as a missing Minnesota woman.\u00A0\u00A0Laura Simonson, 37, from Farmington, Minnesota, was reported missing by her mother on Nov. 22. She is the mother of seven children.\u00A0VIDEO:\u00A0Former West Allis police officer arrested in suitcase death investigationA West Allis man, 52-year-old Steven M. Zelich, was taken into custody in the death investigation. A West Allis police source told WISN 12 News Zelich used to be a West Allis police officer.\u00A0WISN 12 News has learned Zelich was given the opportunity to resign as an officer at the West Allis Police Department after allegations of off-duty misconduct.Police sources told WISN 12 News that Zelich resigned in 2001 after a prostitute was found naked and handcuffed running away from Zelich's apartment near 112th Street and National Avenue.The sources told WISN 12 News that Zelich appeared to have had prior contacts with the prostitute, that the encounter started as consensual and that police did not believe Zelich intended to harm her.No criminal charges were filed. Zelich was allowed to resign.The second victim, whose body was found in a second suitcase, has not yet been identified and Town of Geneva police are asking for help identifying her. (see attached flier)She is described as possibly Caucasian, between the ages of 15 and 35, 5 feet 2 to 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 120 to 140 pounds with long, straight dark brown or black hair. She has a pronounced overbite and crooked lower teeth, two piercings in each ear, and a quarter-size heart tattoo on the lower left abdomen/pelvic area.Deputies has been called to North Como Road in the Town of Geneva on June 5 after motorists complained of two suitcases along the side of the road.When officers arrived, they discovered a body inside each of the suitcases.Walworth County sheriff's deputies were seen in a West Allis neighborhood near 80th Street and Lincoln Avenue distributing the fliers Tuesday giving the general description of what investigators believe the second victim looked like. Witnesses said deputies entered an apartment using a battering ram.\"They came out with a rushed appearance to the apartment complex. There were approximately seven policemen,\" witness Steve Schoenke said.\"Did they have guns drawn?\" WISN 12 News reporter Nick Bohr asked.\"No, not drawn, just the shield that they pull up and the ram for the door,\" Schoenke said.\u00A0The south side of Lincoln Avenue between 80th and 81st streets was marked off with police tape and the Walworth County crime investigation unit was brought in.\"It is scary, in this time and age, it's hit or miss. You never know who's next door to you. I'm just freaked out,\" neighbor Felicia Sopa said.Sopa lives across the hall from Zelich's apartment that was being searched. She didn't know her neighbor's name but said he lived alone, was quiet and kept to himself.\u00A0Zelich is still being questioned and hasn't been charged yet. Investigators are also working with the FBI and Minnesota authorities.\u00A0The West Allis Police Department has declined to make any comment on Zelich's employment, referring all questions to Walworth County Sheriff's Office, which is the lead agency in this investigation.View photos from the scene"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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