EAU CLAIRE — It has now been 24 years since Angelina Wall’s mysterious death, and the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office is again seeking information from the public to resolve the case.
The body of 22-year-old Angelina Wall was found at about 5:45 a.m. Jan. 6, 2001, along Highway J, west of Fall Creek. She was found on the snow-covered south shoulder of the highway, south of U.S. 12.
Wall was last seen between 2:35 and 2:40 a.m. at a gas station on Birch Street in Eau Claire. She left work at about 1:40 a.m. from McDonald’s on South Hastings Way. Police believe she was walking toward her home on North Dewey Street when she was abducted.
“Despite the decades that have passed, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office will never forget about, ignore, or give up on finding the person or persons responsible for Angelina’s death,” Sheriff Dave Riewestahl said in a press release last week, in advance of today’s anniversary of her death. “Her case remains an active investigation, and a team of experienced and well-trained investigators and other law enforcement partners, continue to review leads, information and evidence associated with the case.
“We continue to fight every day for justice and answers for the Wall family,” he added. “Angelina and her family are in our thoughts every day and this case will always remain a priority.”
In 2021, on the 20th anniversary of Wall’s death, then-Sheriff Ron Cramer told the Leader-Telegram about being at the scene on the day Wall’s body was found.
“You feel an obligation to Angelina and her family,” Cramer told the Leader-Telegram at the time. “An unsolved homicide gnaws at everybody who was on the case.”
Cramer explained at the time that the sheriff’s department intentionally has withheld some information about Wall’s death and kept some details close to the vest so as not to compromise the investigation.
“We’ve taken DNA from people we’ve interviewed. With changes in technology, we’re able to get more off of items with less of a submission,” Cramer said at the time.
And if Wall’s killer is a transient, Cramer was hopeful the national DNA databank could link a suspect to the Wall case.
The Sheriff’s Office is still seeking the public’s help with information surrounding the death. Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to call the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office at 715-839-4706 or the Crimestoppers hotline at 715-874-8477. You can also visit eauclairecountycrimestoppers.org.