WAUPACA, Wis. — A Waupaca County man charged in connection with an arson fire and mutilation of a corpse now faces additional charges in a murder-for-hire scheme.
According to a criminal complaint, inmates at the Waupaca County Jail say Steven Eggert attempted to hire inmates to kill witnesses.
Eggert was arrested following an April 27 fire that destroyed a Town of Harrison home. After the fire was put out, fire crews found a body.
Witnesses who’d sold Eggert an assault-style rifle not knowing he was a convicted felon came forward. They said they spoke with Eggert following the fire. He told them he came to the home, found the victim dead and set the fire out of fear authorities would blame him for the victim’s death.
Eggert is being held on a $1 million cash bond related to the murder-for-hire plot.
