Body of missing Milwaukee County Transit System employee pulled from Menomonee River

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee County medical examiner on Wednesday, April 15 identified the body pulled from the Menomonee River on April 12 as that of Jerome Wasielewski, a missing Milwaukee County Transit System employee.

He was last seen leaving the MCTS administration building on March 20.

His body was found by a bicyclist riding along the Hank Aaron Trail -- near 16th Street and Canal Street. Officials with the Milwaukee Fire Department responded, and pronounced Wasielewski dead.

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The preliminary manner of death was ruled undetermined by the medical examiner.