MUS-2026-0021
Archive card
MUS-2026-0021
Homicide
- Incident
- 1990
- Indexed
- Oct 2, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Vilas County Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Lac du Flambeau WI
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Susan Poupart, 29, a Native American mother of two, was forced into a car after a party on the Lac du Flambeau reservation in Wisconsin in 1990. Hunters found her remains six months later; duct tape and plastic were recovered with the body. Charges filed in 2007 were dropped when witnesses would not testify. No one has been held accountable. Coverage includes a Wikipedia page, The Deck podcast, Uncovered, a Media Milwaukee longform piece, and a billboard campaign.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1990
Susan Poupart, 29, is forced into a car after a party on the Lac du Flambeau reservation.
- 1990
Six months later, hunters find her remains, with duct tape and plastic recovered.
- 2007
Charges are filed, then dropped when witnesses will not testify.
- 2026
No one has been held accountable. The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
29, a Native American mother of two. Forced into a car after a reservation party in 1990; her remains were found by hunters six months later.
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Investigating agency
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