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Antique Dealer Mary Kay Wohlfarth Murdered and Hidden in Storage Unit

Law&Crime NetworkFebruary 2, 202638 min18,005 views
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Disappearance and Initial Investigation

  • 📌 Mary Kay “Katie” Wohlfarth, a 68-year-old antique dealer, was reported missing on June 18th, 2019, after failing to return home or meet a friend.
  • ⚠️ Her friend Dave's initial 911 calls were met with a lack of urgency from police, who stated an adult cannot be filed as missing unless they are at risk.
  • 🔍 Dave's persistence led him to the storage unit facility where Katie was last known to be, and an employee there reviewed surveillance footage.

Surveillance Footage and Suspect Identification

  • 📹 Surveillance footage from the storage unit facility showed a man, later identified as Michael Olsen, entering Katie's unit.
  • 🚗 Olsen was also seen taking Katie's van, prompting police to consider him a suspect.
  • 🚨 Olsen was taken into custody on an unrelated burglary charge before investigators could question him about Katie's disappearance.

Interrogation and Confession

  • 🗣️ During interrogation, Olsen initially provided a story about helping his father and a neighbor, claiming he was unaware of Katie's disappearance.
  • 🚗 Investigators confronted Olsen with evidence, including surveillance footage showing him with Katie's van and evidence of blood in his storage unit.
  • 💔 Olsen eventually confessed to
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