Cha Vang was a 30-year-old Hmong man from Green Bay, who was murdered by James Nichols on January 6, 2007.
[1] Cha Vang was found shot and stabbed, his corpse hidden, in the woods near Peshtigo, Wisconsin.
[2] On March 19, 2007, Nichols pleaded not guilty to the charges of first degree intentional homicide, felony possession of a weapon, and hiding a corpse.
On October 6, 2007, a jury found Nichols guilty of a lesser charge of second degree intentional homicide and sentenced him to 60 years in prison.
[1] Besides the immediate effects felt by family and friends at the death of Cha Vang, the killing stressed the already-tense relations between the Hmong community and predominantly Caucasian hunters in northern Wisconsin.