Mendez trial begins with testimony from daughter, medical examiner

Defense claims Mendez was 'mistaken for a murderer'

The first-degree murder trial of Robin "Bob" Mendez opened Thursday morning with divergent theories as to what took place shortly after 5 p.m. April 28, 1982 when the defendant's wife, Park City Credit Union employee Barbara Mendez, was attacked as she closed the Minocqua office for the day. (subscriber access)

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• By By Heather Schaefer & Jamie Taylor-
• April 12, 2019