WI Circuit Court Judge Dennis Barry Dies from Self-Inflicted Gun Shot Wound

Racine County WI circuit court judge Dennis Barry commits suicide on banks of Root River in Lincoln Park.

WI Judge Dennis Barry Commits Suicide

Racine County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Barry was found on the bank of Root River in Lincoln Park, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Racine County Medical Examiner Tom Terry told the Wisconsin Law Journal, Barry was last seen leaving the courthouse after 3 p.m. Wednesday. His wife reported him missing Thursday around 6:30 a.m. Terry said police and prosecutors determined there would be no further investigation.

Barry, 64, was a 1973 graduate of Marquette University Law School. He worked as an assistant prosecutor in Kenosha County and in private practice before becoming Racine County District Attorney in 1978, after a close election that went to a recount. Judge Barry took the bench in Racine County in 1980. He was re-elected this spring and was serving in the civil division. Source

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Judge Barry. I am sure there are more questions than answers that led him to a place of irrationality where the only way out was to kill himself.