Three men arrested in Smith murder


November 20, 2009

 

Justin Patrick Welch


WAUKESHA - Law enforcement officials arrested three men Wednesday in connection with the Oct. 1 murder of Kim Smith in Oconomowoc.

Mexican authorities arrested Justin Patrick Welch, whose DNA evidence was found at the murder scene, and Jack Johnson, a former Waukesha resident living in Obrero Rosarito, Mexico. Texas law enforcement officials later arrested Lubbock, Tex. resident Darren Wold, the biological father of Smith’s son.

At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Oconomowoc Police Chief David Beguhn said Wold apparently conspired with Johnson, a lifelong friend, to have Smith murdered in an attempt to get custody of their child.

Associated Press