Brookfield Homicide Suspects Plead Not Guilty, Waive Hearing

The two suspects in the murder of Brookfield businessman John C. Aegerter pleaded not guilty and waived their preliminary hearings Friday morning.

Tommy V. Douyette, 42, of Milwaukee, and Lynn Hajny, 48, of New Berlin, were bound over for trial on one count of party to the crime of first degree intentional homicide after they allegedly beat and bound Aegerter, 63, in the garage of his Golf Parkway home.

According to the criminal complaint, the two went to Aegerter’s home because they said he owed money to Hajny’s husband, who worked for Aegerter. Douyette hit Aegerter multiple times. Police found Aegerter hours later, his ankles tied in electrical tape, face wrapped in duct tape and head covered with several plastic bags with a white electrical cord around his neck.

Waukesha County Medical Examiner Lynda Biedrzycki said Aegerter died from "airway obstruction, ligature strangulation and blunt trauma to the head and chest."

Douyette and Hajny allegedly planned to find a refrigerator and dissolve the body in hydrogen peroxide, according to the complaint. Hajny fled to her cousin's house in Slinger, telling her about the murder and saying they were “freaking out” and were being chased.

Police found Aegerter’s key ring, which contained keys for the many communications towers he owned, along with a bow saw and anvil pruners in Hajny’s car.

Douyette and Hajny remain in jail on $750,000 and $500,000 bail, respectively. They will appear in court again Sept. 26 in front of Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Haughney.