UPDATE: Police Say Man was Bound, Beaten, Killed

A Brookfield man and satellite radio business owner was bound, gagged, beaten and strangled by a man during a dispute about money allegedly owed to a former employee, officials say.

Prosecutors Thursday asked for more time to file expected charges of first-degree intentional homicide and party to homicide in the city's first murder since the 2005 mass shooting during a church service in the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel.

Documents filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court identified the suspects as Lynn M. Hajny, 48, of New Berlin, and Tommy V. Douyette, 42, of Milwaukee. 

Waukesha County Court Commissioner Thomas Pieper set bail at $750,000 and $500,000, respectively, for Douyette and Hajny who remained in the Waukesha County Jail. The two will return to court June 30.

Hajny told police that her husband formerly worked for the victim, John C. Aegerter, 63, and she claimed Aegerter owed her husband money, according to a probable cause statement filed in court.

Douyette told police he went to Aegerter's house intending to "hit and hurt" him as Hajny sought, the documents allege.

Aegerter was found face down in the garage, his ankles and neck bound with electrical cords, his face duct-taped and several plastic grocery bags over his head, the reports said. Waukesha County Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Lough said he had broken ribs, a broken nose and "there might have been a knife involved."

Aegerter owned several companies and was president of Air Page Corp., 14150 W. Greenfield Ave. He was a radio communication expert and ham radio operator who lived alone in the 14300 block of Golf Parkway in southeastern Brookfield. 

According to documents filed in court:

Hajny and Douyette apparently planned to try to dissolve the body and were looking for a freezer and hydrogen peroxide, Hajny's cousin told police. The cousin said Hajny called her and was "scared and freaking out," saying she had killed someone.

The two then drove to the cousin's home in Slinger and said they had confronted Aegerter at his home in the middle of the night about money they said he owed to Hajny's husband. Hajny told her cousin that Aegerter was "dead with his feet tied" and that she had stolen his house and car keys, and cash and a credit card from his wallet.

The two said they were concerned their fingerprints were on soda cans in Aegerter's refrigerator and planned to go back to the house to clean up the crime scene, according to the probable cause statement.

An employee of Aegerter called Brookfield police just before 10 a.m. Wednesday when Aegerter failed to show up for a work meeting.

Police and prosecutors would not release details on how the two were arrested. The documents filed by prosecutors say Douyette told police he repeatedly hit Aergerter, whom he said was "two to three months behind in paying" Hajny's husband. Douyette told officers that Aegerter's house key was on Douyette's key ring.

Wisconsin Circuit Court online records indicate no criminal records for Douyette or Hajny. Hajny and her husband did have two foreclosure actions filed against their New Berlin home but a judgement for foreclosure was vacated in December.

Police forensics teams and squads were at the home all day Wednesday and Thursday and were not commenting beyond the court documents. An autopsy was being conducted Thursday and its report was to be sealed pending the ongoing investigation.

It is the city's first homicide investigation since 2005 when Terry Ratzmann opened fire during a Living Church of God worship service at the Sheraton, killing seven before turning the gun on himself. Prior to that there was a murder-suicide in 2003, police said.

Police Capt. Jim Adlam said there were no other suspects and neighbors should not be concerned about their safety. 

"No one's in any danger," he said. "They're all safe."