(DUNBAR, WI) – Pedal Down Promotions Author Joe Verdegan of Dunbar, Wis. is gearing up to pen a new book, which will take a look back at one of the most notorious murder cases in Brown County history more than three decades after it occurred.
“The Monfils 6 Case – 30 Years Later” will take a look at the November 1992 paper mill death of James River Paper Mill employee Tom Monfils, who was found dead at the bottom of a pulp vat. Following an exhaustive investigation lasting nearly three years, six of Monfils co-workers, referred to as the “Monfils 6,” were handed life sentence convictions in October 1995.
“I was actually working as a radio news reporter at WRLO in Antigo, Wisconsin when this case first surfaced and it has always intrigued me,” said Verdegan, who’s a Green Bay native. “The case was always in the news and to this day is talked about often in Green Bay.”
According to Verdegan, the new book won’t be about finger pointing or casting doubt. Instead, it will provide an opportunity to give the defendants in this case and their families an avenue to tell their stories.
“A lot of time has gone by since this happened, and we’ll take a look at pretty much all that has transpired on both sides since this case made national headlines,” Verdegan said.
Co-workers Dale Basten, Michael Hirn, Michael Johnson, Rey Moore, Keith Kutska and Michael Piaskowski were handed life–sentence convictions on Oct.28, 1995, for the murder of Monfils. Since that time, five of the six defendants have been paroled with Kutska currently the only defendant who remains incarcerated.
Batten passed away in 2018 after receiving a compassionate release due to an illness.
This will be Verdegan’s fifth book he’s published with Pedal Down Promotions and the eighth book publication of his writing career. Verdegan, who worked for nearly 27 years as a correctional officer, penned the 2020 Amazon No. 1 best-seller “The Reformatory – Tales From Green Bay’s maximum-security prison,” which detailed his years working the front lines at Green Bay Correctional Institution.
For additional information and updates on Verdegan’s new book project, visitwww.joeverdegan.com and Joe Verdegan’s personal Facebook page. No timetable has been seen for completion of the book.
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VERDEGAN’S PRIOR TITLES
2015“Life In The Past Lane – a history of stock car racing in Northeast Wisconsin from 1950-1980”
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2016 “Wisconsin International Raceway – Where The Big Ones Run”
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2017“Life In The Past Lane – The Next Generation”
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2018“The Bird & The Bear”
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2019“Racing In The 906”
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2020 “The Reformatory – Tales From Green Bay’s Maximum-Security prison”
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2021 “5-10-32 McBride, Parker & Anvelink”
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Those guys were innocent. I cut the 2 Kellners hair and knew more about what happen than most people. The D.A. CAME ON TV. after the trail and said 3 of the guys were not even in that part of the building when he thought it happened.