Suspect Who Crashed Car in Oak Creek Charged With Murder

A Greenfield man who crashed a car in Oak Creek after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend has been charged with first-degree murder.

Christopher Gish, 38, faces life in prison if convicted of killing Maggie Litwicki, a Greenfield mother of three.

The Oak Creek Police Department in the 600 block of E. College Avenue about 2:15 a.m. Saturday. Police say the vehicle appeared to have struck a guard rail and then hit the wall of the underpass several times.

A driver was nowhere to be found. Greenfield police responded to the home of the van's owner, Litwicki, but did not get a response.

About 5 a.m., authorities found Gish outside the 128th Air Refueling Wing, near the corner of Pennsylvania and Grange avenues. He was incoherent and taken to Aurora St. Luke's South Shore.

Officers contacted Greenfield police and requested they check the residence again. Greenfield officers then found Litwicki in an upstairs bedroom, dead of apparent stab wounds to her torso and face, according to a criminal complaint.

Gish initially said he didn't remember anything about what happened, but later admitted he was angry with Litwicki when she said she was going to take the couple's two children and he'd never see them again, according to the complaint.

He then told police that if he could not have the kids, nobody was going to, the complaint said. At one point he told police "You know what, I don't feel bad that I did it. I honestly don't for some (expletive) oddball reason dude, I couldn't take it."

Gish said he may have stabbed Litwicki four or five times, according to the complaint.

Read more about the case, including a benefit for the Litwicki children, at Greenfield Patch.