Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Husband of Slain Officer Charged with 1st-Degree Homicide
Formal charges have been filed against Benjamin Sebena of Menomonee Falls expected in the Christmas Eve murder of his wife, a Wauwatosa police officer.
Benjamin Sebena, the husband of slain police officer Jennifer Sebena, was charged Thursday afternoon in a brazen Christmas Eve morning attack as she was on patrol.
The Milwaukee County District Attorney charged Benjamin Sebena with first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting death of his 30-year-old wife, who was struck by multiple gunshots early Monday morning in the parking lot of the Wauwatosa Fire Station.
The couple lived on Ranch Road in Menomonee Falls.
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Sebena was taken into custody some time Christmas Day and was transferred that night to the West Allis Police Department after questioning. Today's TMJ4 cites unnamed sources in reporting that Ben Sebena confessed to authorities that he killed his wife.
Jennifer Sebena's funeral will be Saturday at Elmbrook Church, 777 S. Barker Rd., Brookfield. Visitation at the church will be from 9 a.m. to noon, with the service immediately following.
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Interment will then be at Wisconsin Memorial Park, 13235 W. Capitol Dr., Brookfield. All agencies participating in the squad procession to Wisconsin Memorial Park will assemble at Elmbrook Church by noon.
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