
According to the Rock County District Attorney’s Office, Diaz left a bar drunk on the night of August 17th, 2024, driving over the grass and a curb before heading down Beloit Avenue at a high rate of speed.
Diaz then failed to stop at a stoplight and hit a Pontiac G6 traveling on Delavan Drive, forcing both vehicles into a field.
The Rock County Medical Examiner identified the deceased as Wayne Caswell, 30, of Janesville, and Gretchen Walbaum, 52, of Elkhorn.
Diaz failed field sobriety tests, police said, with a blood-alcohol level of .102. He had also been previously arrested for Operating Under the Influence of an Intoxicant, making the incident a second offense.
He was found guilty of two counts of Homicide by Intoxicated Use of a Motor Vehicle and sentenced to 16 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release.
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