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'Cold-blooded' murder at Pizza Hut leads to prison sentence

HIGHLIGHTS IN A NEW PUBLICATION. IT WAS A BLOODY DISCOVERY RIGHT BEHIND THE PIZZA HUT RESTAURANT IN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE. An employee's body was found in a dumpster. AND TODAY THE CONVICTED MURDERER LEARNS HIS FATE. IT HAPPENED AT THE SOUTH MILWAUKEE PIZZA HUT IN FEBRUARY. KEVIN INGRAM pleaded guilty to killing his colleague Alex Stengel but claimed he acted in self-defense. 12 NEWS NICK BOHR IS LIVE IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE TONIGHT. NICK, THIS COMMUNITY IS STUNNED BY THIS BRUTAL CRIME. CORRECT, DEREK AND THE JUDGE SAID TODAY THAT SHE HAD INGRAMS' CLAIM FOR SELF-DEFENSE IN THE RESTAURANT HERE, RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR WHERE THE MURDER OCCURED AS THEY LIGHTLY THROWED STENGELS INTO A TRASH BIN AND DRAG HIM AFTER HER, HONEST said not bought Out here to this garbage area where the dumpsters were right behind the pizza hut where they both worked. It was a gruesome discovery for a garbage collector last February when he found a decomposing body in a bloody trash can behind the South Milwaukee Pizza Hut. And I'm back, the trash can is a 55 gallon trash can. To me it looks like a body stuffed into it. Investigators found the body of 55-year-old Alex Stengel, who had worked at the pizza joint for 33 years. He was stabbed, slashed, beaten and shot in the head. Investigators quickly arrested his colleague, 31-year-old Kevin Ingram, who allegedly planned to defraud Stengel of a recently acquired inheritance. HE WAS NOT ONLY A RELATIVE BUT A GUIDING LIGHT IN MY LIFE. Stengel's grieving family spoke Friday about Ingram's sentencing after Ingram pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree reckless murder. Did he cry for mercy? Did he even have a chance to defend himself? I'll never be the same. MY LIFE WAS DESTROYED. And we want retribution. INGRAM admitted killing Stengel, but again claimed in court that he had acted in self-defense. Nothing in this world could have prepared me to defend my life against my colleague. The argument did not have to become physical until it was initiated by the deceased. BUT THE JUDGE SAID INGRAM'S STATEMENT WOULD NOT MATCH STENGEL'S LONG SUCCESS AT THE RESTAURANT. HIS PERSONALITY OR HOW BRUTAL INGRAM KILLED HIM AND DISPOSED OF HIS BODY. Honestly, I don't believe you. I don't believe for a second that this was anything other than a cold-blooded execution. NICK RICHTER, HARVEST clearly had no patience for Ingram's claim of self-defense. What was the verdict? Well, she gave him a little credit for pleading guilty, which saved the family the burden of a trial, but really not much punishment for 45 years in prison, just barely

Milwaukee man convicted of 'cold-blooded' murder of Pizza Hut co-worker

Milwaukee court hands prison sentence for shocking murder of Pizza Hut co-worker. “I don’t believe you for a second that this was anything other than a cold-blooded execution,” the judge said.

A Milwaukee man was sentenced Friday in the February shooting death of his co-worker at the South Milwaukee Pizza Hut. It was a gruesome discovery for a garbage collector there when he found a decomposing body in a bloody trash can in the Pizza Hut parking lot. Investigators found the body of 55-year-old Alex Stengel, who had worked at the Pizza Hut for 33 years. He had been stabbed, slashed, beaten and shot in the head in the back kitchen area before the restaurant opened. Investigators quickly arrested his colleague Kevonn Ingram, 31, who allegedly planned to rob Stengel of a recently inherited inheritance. “He was not only a relative, but a guiding light in my life,” his niece Ashley Pues said during Ingram's sentencing. Three of Stengel's grieving relatives spoke at Ingram's sentencing after Ingram pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of gross negligence manslaughter. “Did he cry for mercy? “Did he even have a chance to defend himself?” said Stengel’s sister Pamela Stengel. “I will never be the same, my life is destroyed and we want retribution.” Ingram admitted to killing Stengel but claimed to investigators and again in court that he acted in self-defense. “Nothing in this world could have prepared me for defending my life against a colleague,” Ingram told the judge. “The altercation did not have to become physical but was initiated by the deceased.” But Judge Michelle Havas said Ingram's explanation did not fit Stengel's long experience at the restaurant, his personality or the brutality with which Ingram killed him and dropped his body. “Honestly, I don’t believe you, I don’t believe you for a second, that this was anything other than a cold-blooded execution,” Havas said. Just moments later, she sentenced Ingram to 45 years in prison, almost the maximum sentence. The Pizza Hut never reopened.

SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. –

A Milwaukee man was sentenced Friday in the February shooting death of his co-worker at the South Milwaukee Pizza Hut.

It was a gruesome discovery for a garbage collector there when he found a decomposing body in a bloody trash can in the Pizza Hut parking lot.

Investigators found the body of 55-year-old Alex Stengel, who had worked at the Pizza Hut for 33 years. He had been stabbed, slashed, beaten and shot in the head in the back kitchen area before the restaurant opened.

Investigators quickly arrested his colleague Kevonn Ingram, 31, who allegedly planned to rob Stengel of a recently inherited inheritance.

“He was not just a relative, but a guiding light in my life,” his niece Ashley Pues said during Ingram's sentencing.

Three of Stengel's grieving relatives spoke at Ingram's sentencing after Ingram pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree involuntary manslaughter.

“Did he cry for mercy? “Did he even have a chance to defend himself?” said Stengel’s sister Pamela Stengel. “I will never be the same, my life is destroyed and we want retribution.”

Ingram admitted killing Stengel but claimed to investigators and again in court that he acted in self-defense.

“Nothing in this world could have prepared me for defending my life against a colleague,” Ingram told the judge. “The argument did not have to become physical but was initiated by the deceased.”

But Judge Michelle Havas said Ingram's explanation did not fit Stengel's years of experience at the restaurant, his personality or Ingram's brutal killing and dumping of his body.

“Honestly, I don’t believe you, I don’t believe you for a second, that this was anything other than a cold-blooded execution,” Havas said.

Just moments later, she sentenced Ingram to 45 years in prison, almost the maximum sentence.

The Pizza Hut never reopened.

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