An EMT who died by suicide in his jail cell and was named a person of interest in the disappearance of a TV anchor was found responsible for the 2006 killing of a Wisconsin woman, according to authorities, who suspect he may have been a serial killer.
Christopher Revak, who killed himself in 2009 inside a Missouri jail cell, would be charged with the murder of 21-year-old Deidre Harm if he were still alive, according to a letter posted on Facebook from Wood County District Attorney Jonathan Barnett.
“I consider this case closed,” Barnett wrote.
“I believe I had enough to charge and, if Mr. Revak were still alive, win at trial,” he said in the memorandum.
Harm, a single mother in Wisconsin Rapids, disappeared on June 10, 2006, after going out to a bar with her friends.
Revak, a former EMT and Wisconsin native, had been visiting family in the area when the young mother vanished, authorities said.
Her remains were found five months later in a wooded area five miles away from the bars downtown.
“This may provide some closure for many, but won’t bring Deidre back,” the Wood County Sheriff’s Office and Wisconsin Rapids Police said in a joint statement.
“Our thoughts and prayers will always be with Deidre’s family.”
Revak died by suicide in his jail cell in July 2009, only one day after being charged with second-degree murder for the death of mom of three Rene Williams.
Williams, 26, was last seen in a Missouri watering hole where she worked as a bartender. Revak had also been in the bar that evening, FOX 9 reported.
DNA evidence linked Revak to her killing, Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase told KY3.
“We had his DNA at the scene. We had her DNA inside his truck,” he said.
“I think the biggest thing was that they weren’t able to find a body. They had no witnesses to come forward to say that she was dead.”
“We’re dealing with what’s possibly a serial killer,” Degase added.
“During his day, he’s doing his deed to society and helping people and saving people, but there was a dark side to Chris Revak.”
Revak was also named a person of interest in the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit, a morning anchor for KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa, Fox News reported.
Huisentruit, 27, vanished around 4 a.m. on June 27, 1995, after calling a colleague to say she was on her way to the office.
Investigators found evidence of a struggle outside her apartment, including a pair of high heels and a bent car key.
She was declared legally dead in 2001 despite her body never being found.
Mason Police has clarified that there is no direct evidence linking Revak to the decades-old cold case, according to FindJodi.com
Iowa and Wisconsin investigators still met up to re-examine Revak’s possible connection to the TV anchor’s disappearance in 2024, the website said.
Degase told the outlet that despite the lack of evidence, he found Revak’s connection to the case troubling.
“He had a girlfriend that lived right around the corner from Jodi … That’s the only connection we have to it. I’ve done this for 32 years. I don’t believe in coincidence,” Degase said.
Harm’s family released a statement saying the loss of their daughter had “shattered” countless people.
“First and foremost, words will never heal our hearts that have been forever broken, nor will they lessen the grief or the emptiness we feel every single day without her, the statement read.
“To the person or people responsible for the death of our beloved Deidre Christine Harm, I want these words to be heard and felt. You did not just take a life; you shattered countless others. Deidre was a daughter, a friend, and a light in this world whose absence is felt by everyone who knew and loved her,” her family added.
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