MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police say a woman found shot to death in an alley Wednesday morning is related to a young boy found wandering the streets miles away.
According to the Medical Examiner's Office, 31-year-old Anya Raymond was found with multiple gunshot wounds Wednesday morning, around 9 a.m., near 41st and Hampton.
Police say she is related to the 5 to 6-year-old boy found wandering near 9th and Keefe hours earlier at around 4 a.m. Neighbors found the child without shoes or socks.
Police reunited the boy with his family nearly 12 hours later.
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Neighbors in the area where Raymond's body was found say the situation is absolutely heartbreaking.
"So when I took my recycling stuff out, my neighbor across the alley from me, we was, he was coming out at the same time and stuff like that, he was like 'Oh, there's a body right there and I looked at I saw the body and of course I took off running to call the police," Rosetta Lampkin-Johnson said.
Lampkin-Johnson said she didn't hear any gunshots and believes Raymond was killed elsewhere before her body was left in the alley.
"No gunshot at all to my recognition. She must have been killed somewhere else," Lampkin-Johnson said.
The neighbor said her dog woke her up in the middle of the night, hours before she found Raymond's body.
"This is the one that alerted us that let us knew that someone was out here," Lampkin-Johnson said.
She also reported seeing a taillight leaving the area but couldn't make out any details about the vehicle.
"I did see a taillight leaving where we're standing at. But I didn't get to look at nothing or see nothing," Lampkin-Johnson said.
When police showed Lampkin-Johnson a photo of Raymond, she said she didn't recognize the victim.
The discovery has left neighbors feeling uneasy about safety in their community.
"It was a gruesome incident," said Sierra Hurt, a neighbor.
Hurt said while violence happens often in the area, this incident hit particularly close to home.
"The dangers that happen often but when it gets closer it's even more of an impact," Hurt said.
The investigation into the homicide is still ongoing. No one has been arrested. If you know anything or saw anything, call Milwaukee Police.
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