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Background: News footage of the scene in Milwaukee, Wis., after Amanda Varisco was found dead (WITI). Inset (left): Amanda Varisco (GoFundMe). Inset (right): Mile Dukic (Milwaukee County Sheriff”s Office).
A harrowing incident unfolded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where a man allegedly turned violent against a woman he shared his home with, resulting in her tragic death. The man, identified as Mile Dukic, aged 39, was taken into custody after the Milwaukee Police Department responded to an emergency call at the residence he shared with 44-year-old Amanda Varisco.
Upon arrival, officers were led into the apartment by Dukic himself, where they encountered a distressing scene. Varisco lay motionless on the floor, described as “unconscious and not breathing” by the officers. Despite efforts to revive her, including CPR attempts by a responding officer, Varisco was pronounced dead at the scene, according to details from a criminal complaint reviewed by Law&Crime.
Dukic reportedly expressed regret to the officers, uttering the words, “I didn’t want to do it,” as police began their inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Varisco’s death.
Compounding the tragedy, it was Varisco’s own daughter, along with her boyfriend, who initially tried to enter the apartment. Prior to the horrifying discovery, the daughter had received alarming text messages from Dukic, admitting to the act. In these messages, he confessed to having “killed” her mother, justifying his actions by accusing Varisco of being “disrespectful and mean,” and alleging that she had been speaking to another man on the phone.
In one particularly chilling message, Dukic admitted to Varisco’s daughter, “I think she [is] dead,” a grim acknowledgment of the irreversible consequences of his actions.
The daughter’s boyfriend was with her when she received the texts on Thursday night, and the couple immediately went to Varisco’s apartment after calling 911. The boyfriend told police that when he tried to get Dukic to open the door and let them inside, Dukic said, “I already told you she’s gone. I’m not letting you in.”
When police detectives interviewed Dukic, he told them his relationship with Varisco was not romantic, but occasionally sexual. On the night of the alleged stabbing, Dukic saw that Varisco was on the phone with another man and wanted to leave to see him. Police said Dukic told her that he did not want her to go, and the two got into an argument.
As the argument escalated, Dukic told police that he punched Varisco “with a closed fist” and knocked her to the ground. He kept punching her until she “appeared to be unconscious.” He then allegedly got a knife and started stabbing Varisco several times in the chest and torso.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner determined that Varisco was stabbed 22 times in the chest and abdomen in addition to defensive wounds on her hands and arms.
Police said Dukic was previously charged with felonies including stalking and had been released from custody on the condition that he not commit additional crimes. Those cases are still open.
Dukic was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of bail jumping. He remains in custody at the Milwaukee County Jail. Dukic made his first court appearance on Tuesday. He was scheduled to appear in court in connection with the previous charges on March 10.
A GoFundMe page said Varisco was a mother of four children and a grandmother to five. Her family started the page to raise money for funeral expenses.