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ME investigating a body found frozen in Cudahy

Posted at 3:51 PM, Jan 31, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-31 21:26:28-05

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed it is investigating a possible cold weather death, after a 62-year-old man’s body was found frozen outside a home in Cudahy.

The ME reports the body was found in the backyard of a home near Lake Drive and Pulaski in the 3900 block of Underwood.

The ME does not know the cause of death at this time, and an autopsy is pending.

Cudahy police said the man was found duirn a welfare check after he didn't show up at work Thursday.

If the death is cold weather related, it will be the third such death in this bitter cold snap.