Steven Zelich, former cop & suspect in suitcase bodies case, has checkered past

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There is the woman who tried to back out of giving Steven Zelich a lap dance because she thought she heard handcuffs.

There are the neighbors who recall dealing with a sudden fly infestation, which they now think might have been caused by dead bodies.

There is the checkered job history, the apparent lack of social connections.

But Zelich, now suspected of killing two women whose bodies police say he left in suitcases along a rural Walworth County road last month, remains an enigma even as his case draws national attention. Family, friends and colleagues have little to say about the former police officer. What emerges from public records and a few limited observations is a sketch more than a portrait, a glimpse of someone confident — though largely unsuccessful — with women and business, yet apparently wily enough to keep two dead bodies hidden for months, even as people began asking questions.

His case begs the obvious question: Are there more victims?

"Chances are he has been involved with other women," said Stan Stojkovic, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. "The question is, did he kill them?"

It will take months to find out, Stojkovic predicted, as investigators continue searching Zelich's computer, other sources of evidence and "drilling the guy day and night" for more information.

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