Danyetta Lentz, 38, and her children, Nicole, 17, and Scott, 14, were found murdered in their home at the Janesville Terrace mobile home park in Jan. 2007. James Koepp, 50, also a former neighbor, will stand trial on three charges of first-degree intentional homicide in Rock County Court.
Rock County Sheriff's Department investigator Steve Selby interviews a pair of women at the Janesville Terrace mobile home park south of Janesville on Jan. 12, 2007.
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Reactions were strong among friends and neighbors after learning Danyetta, Nicole and Scott Lentz were murdered in their home at the Janesville Terrace mobile home park Jan. 12, 2007.
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Rock County sheriff's deputies investigate the murder at Lot No. 37 in the Janesville Terrace mobile home park Jan. 12, 2007.
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Investigators gather near a Wisconsin Crime Lab vehicle in front of the murder scene Jan. 12, 2007.
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A Rock County sheriff's deputy stands in the doorway of the murder scene as a Wisconsin Crime Lab technician examines the door jam Jan. 12, 2007.
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James Koepp, second from left, talks with friends and neighbors at the murder scene Jan. 12, 2007. He was arrested as a person of interest in the triple homicide a few days later.
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Rock County Sheriff Robert Spoden announces that a person of interest, James Koepp, had been arrested in connection with Janesville's triple homicide at a press conference Jan. 17, 2007.
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Rock County Sheriff Robert Spoden is flanked by those involved in the investigation as he announces Jan. 17, 2007, the arrest of a person of interest in connection with the triple murder.
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Reporters and photographers attend a press conference called by Rock County Sheriff Robert Spoden on Jan. 17, 2007.
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News media attend a press conference called by Rock County Sheriff Robert Spoden, who on Jan. 17, 2007, announced the arrest of a person of interest in the Janesville triple murder.
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Triple murder suspect James Koepp had an initial appearance January 19, 2007 in Rock County court via video conference, with Rock County DA David O'Leary watching in the foreground. Koepp is represented by Assistant Public Defender Walter Isaacson.
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Rock County District Attorney David O'Leary is swarmed by the news media Jan. 19, 2007, after he files drunken driving-related charges against James Koepp, who at the time was a person of interest in the triple murder.
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The Lentz family is buried in Oakhill Cemetery in Janesville. The mother and two children were brutally murdered in January 2007. James Koepp will stand trial beginning Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.
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A year after Danyetta, Nicole, and Scott Lentz were found murdered, their mobile home on Janesville's south side has been removed and charges finally filed against their suspected killer.
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A teddy bear is wedged into a tree and looks over the site that held the home of the murdered Lentz family.
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The Lentz family, from left, Danyetta, Nicole and Scott.
Triple homicide suspect James C. Koepp listens to testimony during his preliminary hearing in Rock County Court on April 15, 2008.
