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A Lincoln County court commissioner has set a cash bond of $1 million for the suspect in the murder of a 25-year-old Tomahawk woman. Derek Domke has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide and armed robbery.
Police Chief Don Johnson says Domke, 18, was arrested Wednesday and is being held at the Lincoln County Jail.
Friday the state requested Domke be held on a $500,000 cash bond, but the court commissioner felt that was too low given the seriousness of the charges he’s facing and the sentences they carry.
Domke is facing a mandatory life sentence if convicted for the murder of 25-year-old Rochelle Anderson. Anderson was found severely beaten and stabbed outside the convenience store where she worked.
Domke is facing an additional 60 years behind bars for the armed robbery charge.
According to the criminal complaint Domke used a knife-like object and club-like instrument to threaten Anderson while robbing her of cash, cigarettes and a computer tower from the gas station before allegedly striking her on the head, stabbing her and killing her.
District attorney Don Dunphy and Tomahawk Police Chief Don Johnson both declined to comment on the details of their investigation only saying it’s ongoing.
According to the criminal complaint investigators found Domke’s hand print in Rochelle’s blood in the bathroom sink at the gas station where she worked.
Court records show Domke lives less than a block away from the store.
A person of interest in the case - 21-year-old Nathan Ives of Wausau - is also in custody.