Maintenance workers at a Grafton apartment complex made a grim discovery Tuesday afternoon, finding a person dead inside a vehicle parked in a garage. Grafton police officers and emergency medical services responded to the 1900 block of Seasons Way by around 2 p.m., and the person was confirmed dead in the driver's seat.
According to CBS 58, maintenance staff discovered the body in a garage at 1921 Seasons Way and immediately notified authorities. The location sits within The Seasons at Grafton, described as a luxury apartment campus on the southeast side of the village near North Port Washington Road and west of Interstate 43, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Police have not released the identity of the person found, and the cause and manner of death remain undetermined as the investigation continues.
Medical Examiner Working to Confirm Identity
Ozaukee County Medical Examiner Ian Luecke said his office is working to identify the person and determine how they died, noting the individual had been dead for an unspecified period of time. The medical examiner's office conducted tests Wednesday in an effort to learn more, according to the same report. An autopsy is pending and is expected to assist with both formal identification and determining the cause of death, per the earlier CBS 58 account.
Grafton Police Sergeant Sean Fuerstenberg said there was no additional information to share as of early Wednesday afternoon. The investigation remains ongoing, and detectives have not indicated when more details might be released.
Apartment Owner Says It Will Cooperate
A spokesperson for Fiduciary Real Estate Development, the corporate owner of the complex, said the company had no comment but would cooperate with authorities as needed. The firm develops and manages rental apartment communities across Wisconsin, Illinois and North Carolina, and owns roughly three dozen other apartment complexes statewide, including High Bluff Townhomes and 1505 Apartments in Grafton, Arrabelle in Cedarburg, State Street Station in Wauwatosa, Seasons at Orchard Hills in Oak Creek, and The Woodlands, The Junction, High Bluff at Creekwood Crossing and Stone Point in Menomonee Falls.
Police Seeking Tips
Grafton police are asking anyone with information to call the department's tip line at 262-375-5321 or reach Detective Rebecca Carter directly at 262-375-5320 or by email at [email protected]. No further details about the person's identity or cause of death have been made public as investigators continue piecing together what happened inside that Seasons Way garage.
