He served in the U.S. Navy for six years before his death. MADISON, Wis. A Mount Horeb man accused of brutally killing a Navy veteran along the side of a Dane County road last year is now considered fit to stand trial. Berg shot and killed Nicholas Day while Day was jogging in Blue Mounds. ZIMMERMAN, Stacey Nichole (nee: Lougheed) Berg, age 43 of Morrow, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, August 17, 2019. According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, a woman saw Day running on County Highway JG around 12:58 p.m. on Jan. 15 as she was driving toward Stewart County Park. A criminal complaint states surveillance video placed Bergs car in the area where Days body was found, and Days blood was found in Bergs car. one person dead and another wounded at the Fox River Mall outside of Appleton. But we just want to know why., It definitely helps to know they at least caught him, he continued. A short time later, she received a phone call, went to the scene and saw her brother in the ditch. Investigators are asking for anyone who knows Berg, who may have information on a connection to Day, or who has information on Bergs activities and behavior before and after Days death, to call the tip line at 608-284-6900. BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. (WMTV) - A man accused of the homicide of a Blue Mounds man early year was found not competent enough to stand trial again on Monday. More than two years after Riley Berg shot Nicholas Day in the back as he jogged on a quiet road near Mount Horeb, then cut Day's throat to assure that he would die, the reason for the killing remains elusive. If an answer never comes out, I guess well just have to live with it.. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL, Chris Ayers of Madison Window Cleaning improves the view of the Wisconsin State Capitol during a seasonal cleaning effort of the panes of the AC Hotel in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 11, 2022. On Jan. 24, Baverstock saw a vehicle matching the car from the Tyrol Basin video parked at Stewart Lake County Park on Highway JG south of where Days body was found. She said she knows Berg does not want to be in the jail, but arrangements have now been made to keep him taking his medications. Several people in Mount Horeb, speaking under the condition of anonymity, said they had only fond memories of Berg. Berg will be 55 years old on that date. Court documents state while he was asked if he was at the ski area, Berg said he wasnt sure if he was there that day. The sheriffs office said the motive for the killing is still unclear, and at this point, a connection between the victim and the suspect is unknown., Day was a son, a loving father and a U.S. Veteran, Mahoney said. Copyright 2022 WMTV. Court documents state that a five-day jury trial has been scheduled to begin on Feb. 21. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL, Cheyenne Peloquin, center, with Chippewa Valley Technical College, uses a mannequin head to create a short razor haircut during a cosmetology competition at SkillsUSA Wisconsin at Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Court records indicate Berg had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and had been hospitalized for the condition in 2017. The Registered Agent on file for this company is Riley J. Berg and is located at 1111 Meadow Street, Thief River Falls, MN 56701. He never made anyone mad.. You have permission to edit this article. This tragedy will live on here for a long time, stated Mahoney. But he didnt think there was anything that could do that.. An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account. The detective noted it takes roughly 5 minutes from when Berg left the parking lot to where Days body was found. While Reynolds said she is accounting in part for Bergs mental illness, which became acute in the years before he murdered Day, she said she has seen no compelling evidence that Bergs mental illness played a role at all in the homicide. MADISON, Wis. After two years of competency hearings and mental health treatment, 23-year-old Riley Berg is pleading guilty to the January 2020 murder of Navy veteran Nicholas Day. Preliminary autopsy results by the Dane County Medical Examiner the following day showed the victim, at that point identified as Day, had died from homicidal violence and not in an accident. Mondays court appearance suggested that a timeline, video footage and DNA linked Berg to the crime. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Choose wisely! Court documents state while he was asked if he was at the ski area, Berg said he wasnt sure if he was there that day. Riley Berg St. John's University '23 Student Athlete. The Mount Horeb Recreation Department is proud to announce Ashley Maring as the winner of our 2022 Volunteer of the Year Award. He saw a guy who was jogging and for some reason, I shot him, Keyes said, quoting Berg. Following his arrest, Berg initially pleaded not guilty to killing Day, howevera court determined in April of 2020that he was not competent to stand trial. Berg, 21, is charged with first degree homicide in the killing of Nicholas Day on County Highway JG near Blue Mounds in January. -Senior Riley Berg (Bemidji, Minn.), a biology major with a 3.82 GPA; -Sophomore Eamon Cavanaugh (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest), a social science (secondary education) major with a 3.88 GPA;-Sophomore Nate Courchane (Minneapolis, Minn./Park Center), a computer science major with a 3.96 GPA; Allen Centennial Garden horticulturalist Ryan Dostal clears unwanted vegetation from from a bed beneath a magnolia tree as he assists volunteers with a clean-up effort to the conservancy on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The Delgado Lab, part of the Swette Center for Environmental . KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL. She was a graduate of Southview High School in Sylvania, Ohio. He. Berg shot and killed Nicholas Day while Day was jogging in Blue Mounds. Court documents state a detective saw Bergs vehicle pull into Tyrol Basin at 12:51 p.m. and leave a minute later on the day of Nicholas Days death. Nebraska cheerleader competes by herself at state competition, but crowd doesn't let her feel alone; Dirk Chatelain: Driven by the story, mine at The World-Herald has come to an end (for now at least) During the investigation, detectives said they learned Berg hunted every day and had access to guns and would have a knife on him if he was out hunting. Court documents state that a five-day jury trial has been scheduled to begin on Feb. 21. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. She said she then found Days body in the ditch. Urban affairs, investigations, consumer help ("SOS"). Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Your purchase was successful, and you are now logged in. In the girls' 15- to 19-year-old division, Pierre's Ella Ward-Zeller placed first in the 50 and 100 . Of the alleged killer she added: I knew him, too.. When Hook learned Berg had been arrested for the crime a month later, he had mixed emotions. Stacey attended Bowling Green State University and was a licensed cosmetologist. Days family and other supporters filled Reynolds courtroom Monday, many of them wearing matching shirts in his honor. During a search of Bergs vehicle on Feb. 13, detectives reportedly found a blood stain containing Days DNA on the driver seat belt strap. Berg, 21, is charged with first degree homicide in the killing of Nicholas Day on County Highway JG near Blue Mounds on January . 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Riley earned a bachelor's in Kinesiology and Health at Iowa State University and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Des Moines University. Stacey was born October 19, 1975, in Toledo, Ohio. "I can only tell you at times people accept responsibility and move forward and that's what I hope everyone is able to doin this circumstance, in this great loss.". He was again declared not competent in a similar hearing in November. Fronted by two charismatic lead singersDaisy Jones (Riley Keough) and Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin)the band had risen from . The five new part-time riders with the Madison Police Mounted Patrol, who are finishing up a four week training course, will join two part-time and two full-time members of the unit. The 33-year-old actress on Thursday night attended the premiere of her new Amazon Prime Video series "Daisy Jones & the Six" at the TCL Chinese . After Berg shot Day and cut his throat, Reynolds said, he fled and cleaned himself up, burned whatever evidence he could and went about his life. The Day family and the Berg family wanted to know why. 181 views | More Videos: Riley Berg; Recent Football Games. Berg admitted to the details of the killing and told Dane County Circuit Judge Josann Reynolds that he understood the terms of his plea, but before responding to her questions often looked to his attorney, Brian Severson, apparently for help understanding the questions. CALLAM SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY 253008 classb08. Often, she said, people who are mentally ill and commit crimes do so after they stop taking their medications, but once back on them, are horrified to realize what theyve done. Log In. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Stats Updated Sunday, Nov 8, 2015. 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