Dagsboro, DE- Delaware State Police announcing the arrest of 31 year old Michael Ellingsen of Georgetown, for murder in a ten-year suspicious missing person case.
In February 2011, John “Doug” Wisniewski of Dagsboro, was reported missing to the Delaware State Police. Over the last ten years, detectives continued to investigate the circumstances surrounding his suspicious disappearance. During the investigation, detectives learned when Wisniewski disappeared, he lived on the same property as Ellingsens’ home, located in the 30000 block of R Farm Lane, Dagsboro.
In January 2021, new investigative leads emerged with information showing during the evening hours of a day in late January 2011, Ellingsen allegedly shot and killed Wisniewski and buried his body on the property where their homes were located. On January 22, 2021, his body was located on the property. The remains were exhumed by the Delaware State Police and Division of Forensic Science. An autopsy was conducted and Doug’s death was ruled a homicide.
On Monday, a Sussex County Grand Jury issued an indictment for Ellingsen’s arrest. Later that day, Delaware State Police took Ellingsen into custody without incident and arraigned in the Justice of the Peace Court #2 for the charge of Murder First Degree (Felony). He was committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $1,000,000.00 cash bond.
