Mariana T. Lesnic

In the early morning hours Wednesday, a 60-year-old Monroe man was killed at a truck stop in Iowa County. According to the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office, at 2:37 a.m. dispatch received a call of a shooting at the westbound rest area on I-80 near Victor. Ernest Kummer was found deceased from gunshot wounds in his semi. Authorities took 43-year-old Mariana T. Lesnic into custody. She’s been charged with murder in the first degree. Lesnic was taken to the Iowa County Jail and bond was set at $1,000,000 cash only. The incident is under investigation by the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.