Crime Off The Grid
Crime Off The Grid
Crime Off The Grid
Blood in the Blue Hills; Deer Hunter's Rampage
39 minutes Posted Mar 23, 2026 at 5:00 am.
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In the remote Blue Hills of northwestern Wisconsin—an ancient, rugged landscape of dense forest, steep ridges, and checkerboarded public and private land—a confrontation between hunters on opening weekend of deer season spirals into one of the deadliest crimes in the region’s history. What follows is a shocking and brutal attack that leaves six people dead and two others seriously wounded.

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Whitehurst, David B.. Tree Stand Murders (p. 1). Outskirts Press, Inc. https://murderpedia.org/male.V/v/vang-chai-soua.htm https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/public-lands-and-waters/deer-woods-mass-murder-the-day-a-trespasser-killed-6-hunters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai_Vang#Shootings

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