Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s detectives are excavating additional locations in southeast Fond du Lac County as they continue their probe into the disappearance of 5-year-old Bobby Jo Fritz on May 14th, 1983.
In July items of interest and potential evidence were recovered during an excavation at the Campbellsport residence where he lived at the time of his disappearance. Those Items have been sent to a private laboratory for testing, and results are pending.
The sites currently being excavated were identified as areas of interest that may contain evidence related to Bobby Jo’s disappearance 43 years ago. The initial search of the basement at Bobby Jo’s former home uncovered potential evidence prompting a full-scale excavation in July involving Sheriff’s Office detectives, DCI agents, crime scene analysts, crime lab personnel, and a forensic anthropologist.
In total, investigators removed and processed approximately 500 five-gallon buckets full of dirt by hand from the basement. This equated to a total weight of approximately 30,000 pounds of soil that was then sifted by hand, searched, and items of interest collected for processing.
Bob Nelson is News Director in Ripon, and the voice of newscasts on WRPN and WAUH. Email him at bob.nelson@civicmedia.us.