A person of interest is in custody in the investigation of a human leg that was found at Warnimont Park in Cudahy, on Tuesday, April 2.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed its presence near W. Oklahoma Ave & S 39th St. on Thursday, April 4, was related to the death investigation.
The MCSO believes the location near W. Oklahoma Ave & S 39th St. is related to the initial discovery of the severed leg.
Cudahy Police said they were notified of a leg near the water, just east of the Warnimont Golf Course, on Tuesday, around 5:30 p.m.
The MCSO was called in to help with the investigation and now said someone visiting the park found the leg.
Neighbors on 39th Street said this investigation is shocking.
"I have no words for that it’s like holy holy cow like that’s a lot to take in," 17-year-old Nailea Moore explained. She lives next door to the duplex involved in the investigation.
She said investigators filled her block for hours Thursday afternoon.
"When we looked out the window there was just the SWAT team pointing guns," Moore explained.
Moore said she never expected someone living so close to her to be involved in an incident like this.
"Now that you hear something like that it’s like, it gives you like second thoughts and makes you like alert of other people like they’re like that. Like you don’t really know who you’re next to," Moore said.
MCSO is investigating this matter as a homicide. The investigation is ongoing.
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