A Racine County cold-case homicide trial started with opening statements Tuesday.
71-year-old Linda LaRoche of Florida is charged with first-degree homicide and hiding a corpse.
Authorities found Peggy Lynn Schroeder’s body in a field in the town of Raymond in 1999.
Schroeder remained a “Jane Doe” until she was finally identified 20 years later.
An attorney for LaRoche says she left Schroeder on the side of the road and didn’t know she was dead until later.
The victim was cognitively impaired.