Update: The woman has been identified as 22-year-old Brittany Finley of South Milwaukee, according to the Journal Sentinel.
A woman’s body was found Tuesday in Lake Michigan near 5th Avenue and Bender Park in Oak Creek.
Check out the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story here. From it:
About 10:29 a.m., firefighters and police officers responded to a report of a body washed up on shore near Bender Park.
Officers asked plant operators to open the gate to a closed fishing pier on the north end of the property shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday so that they could get access to the lakeshore, said Scott Royer, general manager for Veolia Water Milwaukee. Veolia Water operates the South Shore and Jones Island treatment plants for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
Here is Fox 6 coverage.
I’ve been told the woman is from South Milwaukee, and that there is no evidence of foul play. Per the Journal Sentinel story, the woman appeared to have died from exposure.
I’ll keep you posted when I learn more.
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