Body found in South Milwaukee garbage cart identified, 31-year-old man arrested
Updated: Feb. 12, 2024
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A report from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office says 55-year-old Alexander Stengel was a manager at Pizza Hut. He was found dead in a garbage cart outside a South Milwaukee Pizza Hut on Feb. 8.
Updated: Feb. 11 at 5 p.m.
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- According to the South Milwaukee Police Department, a 31-year-old Milwaukee man has been arrested in connection with the case. The investigation remains ongoing, and charged will be referred to the Milwaukee County DA's office.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2024
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The South Milwaukee Police Department identified the person found dead inside a garbage cart as 55-year-old Alexander Stengel of Cudahy.
No arrests have been made.
The homicide investigation remains ongoing.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2024
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Police are investigating the body found in a garbage cart in South Milwaukee as a homicide.
The South Milwaukee Police Department is being assisted by the Wisconsin State Crime Lab.
Officials say the deceased is a male; they are waiting on confirmation of their identity.
Published: Feb. 7, 2024
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The South Milwaukee Police Department is investigating reports of a dead body found in a barrel on Carroll and Chicago Ave.
The call came in around 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The Milwaukee Medical Examiner's office was called shortly after.
Community member and nearby business employee Barry Hallett says a Green for Life Environmental Inc. truck driver saw a body in a barrel behind a dumpster. Hallett says the truck driver also noticed drops of blood coming from the Pizza Hut nearby, leading to the dumpster.
“A foot and a hand and a bunch of blood,” said Hallet. “Moved the cover a little bit and he seen the head and that’s when he dropped it and says ‘okay, we got a problem here.’”
Hallett says South Milwaukee is a quiet neighborhood and he’s surprised by what the driver found.
“Scary, you know. In a little town like South Milwaukee,” said Hallett. “Pretty shooken up.”
Other community members say this is a reminder that an incident like this could happen anywhere.
“In 22 years of living in this area – it’s too close to home,” said community member Robin Beaudoin.
South Milwaukee police say the Wisconsin State Crime Lab is assisting in the investigation.
