OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) – The Oshkosh Police Department says they have a vehicle and a dead body pulled from Lake Winnebago, but still, little answers to go along with the story.
The department is currently investigating an incident in which a body was located in a vehicle in Lake Winnebago, about 150 yards from the Bowen Street Fishing Dock in the City of Oshkosh.
“The deceased male has been identified as a twenty-three-year-old male from Manitowoc,” explains Kate Mann with the Oshkosh Police Department. “The vehicle that he was located in is described as a red Volkswagon Golf.”
This all started early Monday morning, around 6 a.m., when the Oshkosh Police Department was notified that there was damage to the railing at the end of Bowen Street Fishing Dock.
The damage indicated that a vehicle may have caused the damage to the railing and may have entered into Lake Winnebago.
The Oshkosh Fire Department responded to that location and their dive team began a search of the lake, but they were unable to locate the vehicle.
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department’s Dive team responded to the location and began a search utilizing sonar.
The vehicle was then located and inside of the vehicle was a deceased person.
Investigators later learned that a welfare check for the man was initiated on Monday.
“We were also informed that [the] Manitowoc Police Department had initiated a welfare check on May 20, as well,” says Officer Mann.
Law enforcement officials are hoping to receive additional information so they can better connect the dots in this incident.
If anybody has any information regarding this incident or had contact with the victim, they are encouraged to contact the Oshkosh Police Department at 920-236-5700, to speak further with Detective Krueger.
If you have information about this incident, but wish to remain anonymous, please contact the Winnebago County Crime Stoppers at (920) 231-8477; or add the free P3 App to your Apple or Android phone and add a tip, or go to www.winnebagocrimestoppers.org to submit a text tip. If your tip leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward.
