UPDATE: Body of Sun Prairie man found in storage locker, one in custody

UPDATE: Body of Sun Prairie man found in storage locker, one in custody
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Updated: 5:17 a.m. on January 19, 2018

MARSHALL, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say the body of a missing Sun Prairie man has been found in a storage locker, and a suspect is under arrest.

Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney says the body of 21-year-old Jesse Faber was found early Thursday in a storage unit in Rio.

Mahoney says Faber was shot during a confrontation at a gathering in the town of Medina on Monday night.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports a 59-year-old Marshall man has been arrested on tentative charges of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse.

The facility's owner says the suspect was the renter of the storage unit and had been using it for about eight years.

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Updated: 11:10 a.m. on January 18, 2018

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The search for a missing man is now a homicide investigation, according to Dane County officials. 

On Thursday morning, authorities said the search for Jesse Faber, 21, was being suspended. Police say Faber left a home in the Town of Medina on foot on Monday around 11:00 p.m. 

Investigators have a suspect, 58-year-old Daniel Lieske of Marshall, in custody on a tentative charge of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse.

According to the Dane County Sheriff's Office, detectives found evidence at a residence on Box Elder Lane where Faber was last seen, leading them to believe there was foul play. 

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Posted: 7:40 a.m. January 18, 2018

DANE COUNTY (CBS 58) – The search for a missing Sun Prairie man has been suspended Thursday.

Authorities say 21-year-old Jesse Faber has been missing since Monday. He was last seen leaving a home in the Town of Medina on foot. He has not gone home or contacted family or friends.

The search for Faber continued through Wednesday. He is described as 6 feet tall weighing 160 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

The Dane County Sheriff’s Department says it will release more details at a press conference Thursday morning.

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