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Husband charged in wife's death appears in Walworth County Court

ELKHORN --- The attorney for the Burlington man charged with killing his wife 10 years ago and disposing her body in Geneva Lake told the court Thursday the case against his client is weak.

No one witnessed David A. Brossard kill his wife, no physical evidence such as fingerprints was recovered, and the allegations against him are full of innuendo, defense attorney Charles Blumenfield said.

“My client has a very strong desire to fight back” and aggressively defend himself, he said. “These allegations are simply that, these are allegations.”

Brossard, 40, of 7740 Fish Hatchery Road, Burlington, appeared in Walworth County Court on video for the charge of first-degree intentional homicide stemming from the death of his wife, Dawn M. Brossard, who was 29 at the time.

Judge James Carlson ordered him held in the Walworth County Jail on $500,000 cash bail at the request of Walworth County District Attorney Phil Koss.

“Clearly this is a serious offense,” Koss said.

David was arrested Tuesday in Menasha where he was working.

He is suspected of beating his wife in the head to kill her in 1997, then anchoring her body in the lake with chains and concrete blocks, according to the criminal complaint and investigators.

Nearly six years later, Dawn’s body was found at the bottom of Geneva Lake on July 11, 2003, according to the complaint.