MERRILL, WI (WTAQ) – Merrill Police are holding a 19-year-old man as a person of interest in an apparent suspicious death.
Officers were called to a home Tuesday afternoon, where they found a 55-year-old man dead.
Police say the person of interest later crashed a car that was seen leaving the house just before officers got there.
Officials say the teen ran away from the crash site, and was found later on Highway 107 near Irma.
Police say the teen and the unidentified victim knew each other, and the teen is being held for violating a previous probation.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
