MADISON, Wis. — A 20-year-old Minnesota man was formally charged on Friday with first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the fatal stabbing of Madison resident Joel Marino last January.
Adam Charles Peterson, who’s currently a resident of Grant, Minn., was arrested on Thursday in Minnesota, according to Madison police.
During a Friday morning news conference, Madison Police Chief Noble Wray said that Peterson is a former Madison resident who had multiple addresses in the area. He said that Peterson was a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, but wasn’t an active student at the time of killing.