The twists and turns of the Mark Jensen case
April 14, 1984: Mark Jensen marries Julie Griffin.
June 24, 1987: Mark and Julie purchase their house at 9020 Lakeshore Drive, Pleasant Prairie.
Jan. 21, 1990: Mark and Julie's first son is born.
March 12, 1995: Mark and Julie's second son is born.
September 1998: According to the criminal complaint Mark Jensen begins sending e-mails to future fiancee Kelly LaBonte, some with sexual references.
Oct. 16, 1998: Mark Jensen accesses Internet site on botulism, an often-fatal, usually food-borne poisoning from toxins the criminal complaint alleges. In the weeks before Julie's death, the complaint says he also accessed sites about ethylene glycol antifreeze poisoning.
Nov. 21, 1998: Julie Jensen writes a letter to police, stating that if she dies her husband should be the No. 1 suspect. She later tells a friend she believes her husband wants to poison her and gives the friend the letter the criminal complaint alleges.
Nov. 25, 1998: According to the criminal complaint Julie Jensen confides to her son's Southport School third-grade teacher that she fears her husband will kill her and make it look like a suicide.
Dec. 3, 1998: Julie Jensen dies about 4:35 p.m. at the Jensens' home at 9020 First Ave., Pleasant Prairie, allegedly from at least two does of ethylene glycol the criminal complaint alleges.
Fall 1999: Mark Jensen buys a $251,000 home at 1228 40th Ave. and sells the home in which his wife died.
1999-2001: Medical tests continue; results show Julie Jensen's kidneys had crystals that form from ethylene glycol, which were present in substantial amounts in her blood, urine and stomach.
Spring 2001: Pleasant Prairie Police Department, with the new medical test results, refers the Jensen case to the district attorney's office.
Jan. 20, 2002: Mark Jensen publicly announces engagement and May 3 wedding date with fiancee Kelly LaBonte.
March 19, 2002: Kenosha Medical Examiner Dr. Maureen Lavin files final autopsy report with finding that Jensen died from homicide by poisoning the criminal complaint alleges.
March 20, 2002: Mark Jensen is arrested at his home for first degree intentional homicide for allegedly poisoning his wife. $500,000 cash bond set in court. Jensen would post the bond a month later.
June 19, 2002: Jensen arraigned; A trial set for Nov. 4, but a judge would order delays at least five times in the next two years.
Sept. 21, 2004: Attorney general appeals decision to not allow Julie Jensen letter as evidence.
Jan. 11, 2006: State Supreme Court hears appeal.
March 17, 2006: Former Kenosha County District Attorney Robert Jambois, who left to take another job, returns to the case as special prosecutor.
Aug. 31, 2007: Judge Bruce E. Schroeder concludes that statements from Julie Jensen could be used during a trial, ending a special hearing to rule on the evidence. During the hearing, Schroeder also raised Jensen's bond, putting him back in jail.
Oct. 4, 2007: An inmate claims Jensen confessed to murdering his wife, and the trial is delayed again until January 2008.
Jan. 7, 2008: Preceded by two days of jury selection, a trial for Mark Jensen begins.
Feb. 19, 2008: After 30 days of testimony and presenting evidence, the case is sent to jurors for deliberation.
Feb. 21, 2008: Jury finds Mark Jensen guilty.
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