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Former police officer linked to S&M forum where he went by 'Mr Handcuffs' arrested after bodies of two women found stuffed in suitcases Steven Zelich, 52, licensed security officer and former cop, charged with two counts of hiding corpses Bodies of two women were found June 5 stuffed inside a pair of suitcases dumped on the side of a road in Wisconsin One of the victims identified as Laura Simonson, 37, a divorced mother of seven from Minnesota Second victim was a white woman with long dark hair, an overbite and a heart tattoo on her lower left abdomen Simonson offered her services as an escort of Craigslist; Zelich was reportedly active on S&M forums seeking enslavement The 52-year-old went by the user name 'mrhandcuffs' on sadomasochism websites where he wrote about wanting to own a permanent slave A 52-year-old security officer from Milwaukee has been arrested in connection a pair of suitcases found stuffed with the decomposing remains of two women earlier this month. Detectives wearing hazmat suits removed bags of evidence and a refrigerator from the suburban Milwaukee apartment of Steven Zelich, who was taken into custody Wednesday but not charged in the deaths. The Town of Geneva Police Chief Steven Hurley said in a news release that Zelich, a former police officer, is accused of hiding the corpses of two women, one of whom has been identified as Laura Simonson, 37, of Farmington, Minnesota. Simonson's body was discovered June 5 in a suitcase discarded along a rural road in Town of Geneva. Authorities have not identified the remains of the second female but say she was a white female with long dark hair, a pronounced overbite and a small heart tattoo on her lower left abdomen. Investigators searched the suspect's West Allis apartment Wednesday and carried out objects in large, brown paper bags. They also removed a refrigerator. Chief Hurley issued a statement to assure 'the citizens of West Allis that there is no danger.' The suspect is a licensed private security officer who has worked for Securitas Security Services USA 2007, according to the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services. He also worked on the side as a contractor for a website that offers users legal advice starting at $20 a month. Mr Zelich was forced to resign from the police force in West Allis in 2001 after allegedly getting into an off-duty fight with a prostitute whom he had accused of stealing from him.
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