Sarah Rosio, 24
WI, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co.
January 13, 2010
Sarah's murder has left her 1yr old Daughter to grow up without her Mother in her life
Sarah was strangled by her former boyfriend, Benjamin Germano, 32, in front of the couple’s one-year-old daughter. Eight days later, he called friends and told them he had killed her and asked them to care for the child. Sarah Rosio’s body was found frozen in a shipping container with a bag over her head. Benjamin Germano fled the state and was arrested in Colorado in late January after a high-speed chase.
Allegations of strangulation were made in at least one of the domestic violence cases brought against him between 2008 and the date of the homicide. In 2008 he was charged with strangulation and suffocation; the case was dismissed when Sarah Rosio did not appear at the trial. She had testified at the preliminary hearing. There was an initial no-contact order in place as a condition of bond and the court later ordered GPS supervision and was “reminded he is to have NO CONTACT with the victim,” according to court records.
Records show a history of five restraining orders filed against Benjamin in the fifteen months prior to the homicide, at least of one of which was obtained by Sarah (petitioners are unidentified in the others). A disorderly conduct charge had been filed one month prior and was pending at the time of the homicide. It included a no-contact order.
Source:
WCADV.org - Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Homicide Reports - 2010 DV Homicide Report
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