Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The Death Bridge

Up in the northern part of the state, my bridge made news this past weekend.

Apparently a dead body was found floating near my bridge. Here is the story from the paper.
"An autopsy will be conducted today on the body pulled from the Fox River on August 16.
A passing boater reported a man's body floating in the Fox River between the Wisconsin and Oregon Street bridges at about 4 p.m. The man was already deceased and officers believe that he had been in the water for quite a while.
Donna Francart, Winnebago County deputy coroner, said the body is of a young male in his mid-to-late 20s, possibly from the Oshkosh area.
Cause of death has not been determined yet, Francart said. A positive identification would be available in the next couple of days following the autopsy.
"All we have right now is circumstantial identification," she said.
The incident remains under investigation, said Sgt. Todd Wrage of the Oshkosh Police Department. Wrage said the police are definitely looking into the possibility that the dead man was a reported missing person.
"We have to investigate every eventuality and possibility," he said.
"When somebody turns up like this, we are going to look into the missing person reports which were entered into the National Crime Information Center and state Crime Information Bureau."
This was the second time in one week that a body was pulled out of the water in Oshkosh.
The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department dive/rescue team recovered the body of Joseph Friedauer, 60, of Neenah on August 13 near Asylum Bay. Friedauer accidentally drowned while fishing the day before.

Here is the link to the TV News story:

http://www.nbc26.com/news/local/27054899.html

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