In the space of one week, there have been three violent incidents involving Joker copycats. Besides the Belgium and Indiana incidents, tonight there is new information about an attack earlier in Wisconsin. On Friday, January 23, 2009, Kim de Gelder, reportedly with his face painted like the Joker, invaded the "Fairyland" daycare in Dendermonde and allegedly killed three people. The day after the Dendermonde incident, it now turns out, in Reseburg, Clark County, Wisconsin, a man who had painted his face like the Joker in The Dark Knight invaded a home in an attempt to beat up his former girlfriend's boyfriend. Cole Vetterkind Joshua Kane Here is the primary news item about the incident, as run in the Marshfield News-Herald , Marshfield, Wisconsin, on January 30, 2009: No Joke: Clark Co. intruder's face painted like Batman villain by Jacob Miller A 26-year-old Thorp man who broke into a town of Reseburg home allegedly wore face paint to resemble The Joker while assa...
