La Crosse Jury Finds Man Guilty Of Killing His Wife

After nine hours of deliberation, a La Crosse County jury returned a verdict of guilty of first-degree intentional homicide Thursday night.  Forty-seven-year-old Todd Kendhammer now faces a life sentence for killing his wife.  The judge revoked Kendhammer’s bond and scheduled his sentencing for March 9th.  The jury decided the West Salem man beat his wife to death last September, then tried to stage an accident to make it look like a pipe had crashed through their car’s windshield and caused Barbara Kendhammer’s death.  Autopsy results contradicted his version of events.