Crime & Safety

Suspect In Death Last Seen In Waukesha Still Sought: Police

Police identified the woman found dead of stab wounds in Antigo.

Derek Goplin, 38, was named as a person of interest in a stabbing death in Antigo. He was last seen in Waukesha.
Derek Goplin, 38, was named as a person of interest in a stabbing death in Antigo. He was last seen in Waukesha. (Antigo Police Department)

WAUKESHA, WI — Police were still searching for a man wanted in connection to an Antigo death, who was last seen in Waukesha.

Antigo police identified a woman found dead from stab wounds in Antigo as Susan Reese, 63, of Antigo.

Reese’s son, Derek Goplin, 38, was named as a person of interest, police said.

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Goplin has brown hair and eyes, is 150 pounds and 5 feet, 11 inches tall, police said.

Goplin was last seen wearing blue jeans, black shoes, a dark green camouflage coat, a red hooded sweatshirt and a green or brown beanie hat, police said.

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Police are trying to locate the man’s car, a red 2016 Ford Explorer with the Wisconsin plate RANDYR.

Police conducted a welfare check Monday and found Reese dead of apparent stab wounds, police said.

Goplin and a child were captured on video outside Reese’s house, according to the Wausau Pilot and Review.

The child from the video was later found alone in a Waukesha hotel on Monday, Waukesha police said.

Police urged people to be cautious if they see Goplin and to call 911. Goplin may have a knife and is known to carry a gun, police said.

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