Bruce Vielmetti

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A 32-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for slaying an acquaintance while both men rode in a car on I-894 last year.

A jury convicted Andrew Scholz in July of first-degree intentional homicide. On Monday, Circuit Judge J.D. Watts imposed the mandatory life sentence and said Scholz is not eligible to seek parole until he is 46.

Scholz, of Phillips, in northern Wisconsin, and the victim, Randall R. Radtke, 25, were passengers in a car being driven by Claytin E. Krimmer, 33, on April 20, 2015. A woman was also in the car. As the car traveled along I-894, Scholz, in the back seat, argued with Radtke, in the front passenger seat and then shot Radtke in the head.

Krimmer pulled off the freeway on the city's south side, and they dumped Radtke's body out of the car near S. 9th St. and W. Hayes Ave. They also stopped at Krimmer's girlfriend's house, where she saw blood on Scholz's clothing, but Krimmer would not say what happened.

Krimmer pleaded guilty to harboring or aiding a felon and was sentenced in July to five years' probation.