Woman charged in ex’s death
A 30-year-old Waukesha woman has been charged with killing her ex-boyfriend, possibly with his own gun, after police say they saw through her apparent efforts to build an alibi with bogus texts after the crime.
Porsche Marie Humphery, who lists an address in the 2400 block of Springdale Road, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide, as a party to a crime in the Feb. 1 death of Loren High.
A friend found High, 28, dead in his home in the 3800 block of N. 24th Place in Milwaukee on Feb. 5, after he and others had not heard from him and could not reach him by phone. At least three of the victim’s acquaintances said High and Humphery had been in an off-andon relationship and that Humphery had threatened to have people harm High.
Another girlfriend told police that she had been in contact with High about 10 p.m. Feb. 1, when he texted her, “Having a much needed conversation with my ex to get closure. Wish me luck.” She never heard from him again.
High’s cellphone showed several messages back and forth with Humphery starting earlier that day, in which she asked if he was home, and he told her when he had arrived. Then at 12:41 a.m. Feb. 2, Humphery texted she hoped he wasn’t mad that she didn’t come over.
Investigators found that GPS data from Humphery’s phone put her in very close proximity to High’s house that evening, from about 7 to 11:30 p.m. In his bathroom, they found clothing Humphery was seen on video wearing Feb. 1, which smelled of cleaning agents. They also recovered Humphery’s fingerprint from a broken piece of glass inside the home, glass the other girlfriend said she had not seen when she was at High’s residence earlier on Feb. 1.
High’s .40-caliber Glock handgun, which friends said he called “Betty” and left uncased in his home, was missing when police responded to his house Feb. 5. They did find two empty .40-caliber casings in a closet.
Humphery denied she ever went to High’s house on Feb. 1 but gave a detective conflicting statements about where she had been and how she came to know of High’s death.
She is being held on $25,000 bail and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Wednesday.