Investigators announced Thursday that Virgil Thew was taken into custody and charged with three homicide counts after a weeks-long manhunt

Elizabeth Kolba, 33, and two girls ages 12 and 13 were found shot to death at a home in New Lisbon on Dec. 30.

Authorities in Wisconsin say they have captured a man who is charged in the killing of a woman and two girls more than a week ago.

The Wisconsin man wanted in a triple murder of a woman and two young girls, who has been on the run for more than a week, has been arrested after a statewide manhunt.

The Juneau County Sheriff's Office reports missing and wanted man Virgil Thew has been caught and is in police custody.

Virgil Thew, 47, has been taken into custody, according to the Juneau County Sheriff's Office, which announced his arrest on Facebook on Thursday. Thew faces three counts of first degree intentional homicide in the deaths of his girlfriend, Elizabeth Kolba, 33, and his 12-year-old stepdaughter and her 13-year-old friend.

Law enforcement authorities in Wisconsin have arrested and charged a man they believe killed two juveniles and an adult in late December. The New Lisbon Police Department confirmed it had arrested 47-year-old Virgil Thew after an 11-day search.

A man at the center of a Wisconsin manhunt was apprehended Thursday. According to the Juneau County Sheriff’s Office, Virgil Thew, a man wanted in connection to a triple homicide, is in custody. The arrest ends an over week-long manhunt for Thew,