At a Monday news conference announcing the arrest of a suspected serial killer, officials credited an alert Franklin police officer who saw the suspects' car at a 27th Street motel, which led to the capture of the suspect.
Franklin Police officer Jason Fincel spotted Walter E. Ellis' vehicle at the Park Motel, 7273 S. 27th St., on Saturday morning.
More police officers soon arrived and Ellis was taken into custody. Ellis has since been charged with two counts of first-degree homicide and has been linked to eight other murders in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn and Mayor Tom Barrett thanked Fincel at the Labor Day news conference, and Franklin Mayor Tom Taylor the Franklin Police Department "performed tremendously" in responding and the incident shows the value of good officers.
"Franklin is relatively crime-free, but that's the way we want to keep it," he said. "The best way to do that is to be vigilant and have quality police officers."
Read more about the suspected serial case here: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/57661132.html
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