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Wisconsin man is arrested after walking into a police station and confessing to murdering his wife – Keith Comfort admitted to strangling Megan Shultz and throwing her body in a dumpster, 13 years after claiming she walked out on him

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>Thirteen years after a 24-year-old Missouri woman allegedly&comma; walked out on her husband and young child and vanished apparently without a trace&comma; a family member may just know her whereabouts&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>The 37-year-old Wisconsin man was arrested after voluntarily confessing to murdering his wife by strangling her and throwing her body in a dumpster<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>Thirteen years after Megan Nicole Shultz&comma; 2was last seen alive&comma; her husband walked into a Wisconsin police station and admitted to her murder<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>Keith Comfort first reported his wife missing in Columbia&comma; Missouri&comma; on Aug 5&comma; 2006&comma; claiming she walked out of their home after they had an argument and had failed to return to him and their infant daughter 24 hours later<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>Megan Nicole Shultz has remained missing for the past 13 years with no one&comma; including police&comma; suspecting foul play &&num;8211&semi; except his mother-in-law who has maintained that Comfort knows the whereabouts of her daughter<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>However on Sunday&comma; Comfort told officers that during the argument he grabbed his wife by the neck&comma; forced her to the floor and strangled her to death<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>When he realized she was no longer breathing&comma; he put her body in a trash bag and threw it in a shared dumpster at their apartment block <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>He is now facing <&sol;strong><strong>second-degree murder charges<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>Comfort is currently being held in custody at Walworth County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office  with a &dollar;1 million cash only bond<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitRight">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-324434" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;Keith-Comfort-left-and-his-wife-Megan-Nicole-Shultz-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Keith Comfort&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb; and his wife&comma; Megan Nicole Shultz&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; 1" width&equals;"755" height&equals;"481" &sol;>Keith Comfort&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; first reported his wife&comma; Megan Nicole Shultz&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; missing in Columbia&comma; Missouri&comma; on August 5&comma; 2006&period; He told officers he’d last seen her 24 hours earlier when she left their home barefoot after an argument<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Thirteen years after a 24-year-old Missouri woman allegedly&comma; walked out on her husband and young child&comma; and vanished apparently without a trace&comma; a family member may just know her whereabouts&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Keith Comfort&comma; 37&comma; first reported his wife missing in Columbia&comma; Missouri&comma; on August 5&comma; 2006&period; He told officers he’d last seen her Megan Nicole Shultz&comma; 24 hours earlier as she left their apartment barefoot after they had an argument&period;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Shultz&comma; who had a young child with Comfort at the time of her disappearance&comma; was considered missing for more than a decade but authorities did not suspect foul play&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; that all changed when Comfort waked into the Lake Geneva Police Department on Sunday and confessed to her murder&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-324442" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;Keith-Comfort-and-his-wife-Megan-Nicole-Shultz-2-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Keith Comfort and his wife&comma; Megan Nicole Shultz 2" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"939" &sol;>On Sunday Keith Comfort&comma; walked into a police station in Lake Geneva&comma; Wisconsin and confessed he murdered his wife&comma; Megan Nicole Shultz whom Comfort &lbrack;seen on their wedding day in 2005&rsqb;&comma; who was reported missing 13 years ago<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-324440" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;Missing-person-flyer-for-Megan-Nicole-Shultz-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Missing person flyer for Megan Nicole Shultz 2" width&equals;"677" height&equals;"1016" &sol;><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><strong>Missing person flyer for Megan Shultz who was reported missing by her husband in Aug 2004&period; Keith Comfort has just admitted that he actually killed her<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">For more than a decade Shultz was considered  a missing person&comma; with officers not suspecting foul play in her disappearance&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;That all changed on Sunday when Comfort walked into the Lake Geneva Police Department and confessed to her murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recounting that fateful day&comma; Comfort told officers he’d been at work when Shultz called him &OpenCurlyQuote;in hysterics’&comma; claiming to have just ripped someone off in a drug deal&period; He said a colleague immediately gave him a lift back to his home on Amelia Street&comma; but as he walked through the front door Shultz became &OpenCurlyQuote;frantic&comma; yelling and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;swinging” her arms at him&comma;’ according to police documents&period; Comfort said he first grabbed his wife by the arms&comma; then by the neck&comma; and forced her to the ground&comma; where he strangled her&period; When he realized Shultz had stopped breathing Comfort said&comma; he placed her body in a black trash bag and then threw it in a shared dumpster at the couple’s apartment complex&period; The couple lived in Missouri&comma; Columbia at the time&period; Comfort reported his wife missing the next day only after his mother-in-law&comma; Debra&comma; began quizzing him on her daughter’s whereabouts&period; He explained to police that his missing wife was five-foot-nine&comma; 120 pounds with brown eyes&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;banner250x250&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;250&sol;250x250-1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a> He insisted that she had been wearing a pink tank top and white Capri pants with nothing on her feet when she vanished out the front-door without a trace&period; The couple also shared an infant daughter together&comma; making Shultz&&num;8217&semi;s untimely disappearance all the more baffling&comma; said Comfort weaving his fabric of deception&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-324432" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;Keith-Comfort-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Keith Comfort 2" width&equals;"670" height&equals;"680" &sol;><strong>In his confession&comma; Comfort said he first grabbed his wife by the arms&comma; then by the neck&comma; and forced her to the ground&comma; where he strangled her&period; He placed the body in a black trash bag and threw it in a shared dumpster at their apt complex in Lake Geneva&comma; Wisconsin <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">In his moment of candor&comma; Comfort recounted how he first grabbed his wife by the arms&comma; then by the neck&comma; and forcing her to the ground&comma; where he strangled her&period; When he realized Shultz had stopped breathing&comma; he placed her body in a black trash bag and threw it in a shared dumpster at the couple’s apartment complex&period; At the time&comma; police noticed how Comfort had a round bruise and a scratch on his bicep but he explained it away&comma; saying he had sustained the injuries in an argument&period; At the time of Megan Shultz’s disappearance&comma; Columbia police said they did not suspect foul play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Three weeks later&comma; with searches still being conducted for his missing wife&comma; Comfort filed for divorce&comma; from the allegedly missing spouse&period; In the months that followed without a trace of Shultz&comma; Columbia police maintained they didn’t suspect foul play and that the case wasn’t being investigated as a criminal matter&period; But his mother-in-law Debra says she always had her suspicions of her former son-in-law&comma; never quite buying his version of events&period; <span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&OpenCurlyQuote;I knew he had killed her&comma;’ she told the <&sol;span><a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;columbiamissourian&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;update-husband-confesses-to-murder-in-disappearance-of-columbia-woman&sol;article&lowbar;e2befeec-b7bb-11e9-8dcb-77794d406748&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia Missourian<&sol;a><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&period; &OpenCurlyQuote;But I couldn’t prove it&period;’ <&sol;span>Debra went on to describe Comfort as a &OpenCurlyQuote;troubled young man’&comma; but one who could &OpenCurlyQuote;smile and put on the charm’&period; &OpenCurlyQuote;I hired detectives&comma; I talked to bounty hunters and retired marshals&period; I searched from one end of the country to the other&comma;’ she said of the relentless 13-year search to find her daughter&period; &OpenCurlyQuote;That was very frustrating for many years&period; I just felt like something had happened in that apartment that one fateful night&comma; and it did&period; Her life ended in that apartment on Amelia Street&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Megan&&num;8217&semi;s mom Debra says she always had her suspicions of her former son-in-law&comma; never quite buying his version of events&comma; but she &&num;8216&semi;couldn&&num;8217&semi;t prove he killed her&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; despite extensive efforts&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Officers arrived at Debra’s home at 9pm on Sunday&comma; to tell her that Comfort had confessed to killing her daughter&period; Debra says she now feels a lot of emotion and some relief&comma; but she knows the story is far from over&period; &OpenCurlyQuote;As the years go by&comma; you want to hope that she is happy and living a good life some place out there&comma; but deep down you know that she is gone&comma;’ Shultz said&period; &OpenCurlyQuote;She was a beautiful girl and she was very talented musically&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"width&colon; 120px&semi; height&colon; 240px&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;OneJS&equals;1&amp&semi;Operation&equals;GetAdHtml&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;source&equals;ac&amp&semi;ref&equals;tf&lowbar;til&amp&semi;ad&lowbar;type&equals;product&lowbar;link&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen09-20&amp&semi;marketplace&equals;amazon&amp&semi;region&equals;US&amp&semi;placement&equals;B002T1M8A8&amp&semi;asins&equals;B002T1M8A8&amp&semi;linkId&equals;0ce3186d86db85f7fe292057e806e1af&amp&semi;show&lowbar;border&equals;false&amp&semi;link&lowbar;opens&lowbar;in&lowbar;new&lowbar;window&equals;false&amp&semi;price&lowbar;color&equals;333333&amp&semi;title&lowbar;color&equals;0066c0&amp&semi;bg&lowbar;color&equals;ffffff" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" marginheight&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><iframe style&equals;"width&colon; 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but insists she just wants what is best for her granddaughter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Comfort is currently being held in custody at Walworth County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office with a &dollar;1 million cash only bond&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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