Cops: Boyfriend confesses to 2006 homicide

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. -- Police in southwestern Wisconsin say a man has confessed to killing his girlfriend, who disappeared in 2006.

At a news conference Monday, Prairie du Chien (doo SHEEN) Police Chief Chad Abram says the 26-year-old man showed up at the police department Sunday morning and told officers he killed Shannon Fischer. She was last seen Dec. 18, 2006 at her apartment in Prairie du Chien.

WXOW-TV reports the man is expected to appear in Crawford County Circuit Court Monday afternoon.