SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A body was found in a garbage cart in South Milwaukee on Wednesday, the South Milwaukee Police Department says.
A news release from police says officers were dispatched to the 100 block of N. Chicago Ave., near College Ave., for a report of a dead body.
On Friday, police said the victim was identified as 55-year-old Alexander Stengel of Cudahy. An arrest has not been made, but the case is being investigated as a homicide.
The police department said it is being assisted by the Wisconsin Crime Lab with the case.
An eyewitness told TMJ4's Julia Fello that the body was found in near a dumpster with "a lot of blood."
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