Homicide

On Sunday September 22, 2019 the Sauk County Communications Center received a call of a person down who was located in an isolated, rural area off of Levee Road in the Township of Fairfield in northeast Sauk County.  The reporting person said they did not believe that the person was breathing.

Deputies and Detectives responded and found a middle aged white male deceased.  An autopsy was conducted on September 23, 2019 determining that the cause of death was homicide.  The name of the victim is not being released at this time due to notification of next of kin.

There are no additional details available at this time.  Once additional, releasable information is available, a new press release will follow.

If anyone has information that may be related to this case, you are asked to call Sauk County Crime Stoppers at 1-888-TIP-SAUK (847-7285).  If there are any property owners in the Levee Road area that have trail cameras or other surveillance camera equipment are asked to contact the Sauk County Sheriff's Office.

The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office is being assisted in this case by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Scene Mobile Response Unit, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, Baraboo Police Department and Wisconsin Dells Police Department.

Sheriff Chip Meister