Suspect with Previous Conviction Found Dead in Suspected Homicide Incident

Alexander Grunke, a 38-year-old man from Middleton, Wisconsin, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following a homicide in Iowa and a police pursuit and home invasion in Dane County. Grunke had a previous criminal conviction in 2010 for attempting to dig up a dead woman so his brother could have sex with the body. He was convicted of attempted criminal damage to a cemetery, attempted theft, and attempted 3rd degree sexual assault, as at the time, Wisconsin did not have a law specific to necrophilia.