Overview
- A search of Larson’s rural Fond du Lac home on Aug. 14 uncovered multiple human skulls and other skeletal remains displayed in the basement alongside shrines, binders and items tied to historical serial killers.
- Fond du Lac prosecutors charged Larson with three counts of concealing or receiving stolen property, felony bail jumping and obstructing an officer and a judge set his bond at $250,000.
- A forensic anthropologist has determined some skulls are likely archaeological Native American while other bones show features consistent with more recent remains, and specialized lab testing and tribal consultations are ongoing.
- Court papers and investigators say journals, binders and items found in the home document a long pattern of obsessive contact with a Madison woman he briefly dated in 2013, and Larson faces a separate Dane County felony stalking case for that conduct.
- Prosecutors say the laboratory and Wisconsin Historical Society reviews could take months and may prompt repatriation of Native remains or additional criminal charges if testing shows illegal handling or modern origin, a process that carries deep cultural and legal implications for the victim and tribal communities.