Nick Wilcox, 24, Missing Since January 1, 2013 - Milwaukee, WI

Family Searching for Missing Man in Milwaukee

Nick Wilcox, 24, disappeared early New Year's Day in downtown MIlwaukee while out with his girlfriend.

By Wisconsin Patch Staff | January 2, 2013


Family and friends are searching for a 24-year-old man who disappeared while out with his girlfriend ringing in the New Year in downtown Milwaukee.

Nick Wilcox was last seen between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Tuesday outside the Irish Rec Room on Old World Third Street in downtown Milwaukee. Wilcox is 6-feet 2-inches tall and about 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark grey shirt, dark jeans and black shoes. If anyone has information about his whereabouts, they are asked to call the Milwaukee Police Department at 414-935-7403.

Wilcox’s girlfriend told Fox 6 Wilcox was seen by a bouncer leaving the bar with a man in a red shirt. Family and friends have been searching along the nearby river for Wilcox.

http://mountpleasant.patch.com/articles/family-searching-for-missing-man-in-milwaukee#c

Man reported missing from downtown Milwaukee (VIDEO)

Nick Wilcox last seen between 1-2 a.m. Tuedsay

UPDATED 6:01 PM CST Jan 02, 2013

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His girlfriend didn't go after him because she said she was upset that he had had too much to drink, but began to worry when she hadn't heard from him by 4 a.m.

"The bouncers said they saw a video of him walking through the alleyway, so we're trying to retrace his steps, thinking of maybe his thought process, where he would want to go or what he would try to do," said Nick Vetta, who was with Wilcox that night.

Police said they have been asked by his family to assist in the search.

Read more:

http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Man-reported-missing-from-downtown-Milwaukee/-/10148890/17981204/-/8j6jqi/-/index.html

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Search for Missing Student Drags On

by WDJT Editor
Story Created: Jan 2, 2013
(Story Updated: Jan 2, 2013 )

MILWAUKEE---His family and friends spent another day searching Wednesday but still no sign of 24 year old Nick Wilcox.

CBS 58's Stephanie Brown reported from downtown, that an all day canvassing by family had turned up no clues as to what happened to Nick after he left the Irish Rec Room along Old World Third Street New Year's Eve.

Kelly McGonagil, Nick's girlfriend, said after he was escorted out of the bar she assumed he would just get home on his own as he had done in the past. But when she tried to call him on his cell phone, the phone was dead.

Read more:

http://www.cbs58.com/news/local-news/Search-for-Missing-Student-Drags-On--185473442.html

Milwaukee police search for 24-year-old missing man

Posted on: 6:16 am, January 2, 2013, by Henry Rosoff and Ben Handelman, updated on: 07:39am, January 3, 2013

(VIDEO)

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police are searching for 24-year-old Nick Wilcox who was last seen outside the Irish Rec Room on Old World 3rd St. early Tuesday morning, January 1st. Wilcox was out celebrating on New Year’s Eve with friends, when he reportedly left the bar with a man in a red shirt.

According to Wilcox’s girlfriend, Wilcox was apparently kicked out of the bar after a long night of drinking.

“I watched him get carried out by the bouncers and that was the last I saw of him. He spoke with a few police officers outside the Irish Rec Room and was seen leaving with someone we had met there,” Kelly McGonagil said.

Read more:

http://fox6now.com/2013/01/02/milwaukee-police-search-for-24-year-old-missing-man/

Family, friends start third day searching for missing UWM student

By the WTMJ News Team

CREATED Jan. 2, 2013 - UPDATED: Jan. 3, 2013 | 6:38 AM

MILWAUKEE - Family, friends and authorities are spending a third day canvassing the downtown Milwaukee area, searching and asking for help in finding missing UWM student Nick Wilcox.

They're handing out flyers, having downtown businesses post them and using social media in the hope that someone will discover him alive.

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"I just want my brother home," said Andrea Wilcox, Nick's brother, to TODAY'S TMJ4's Nick Montes.

Videos at link:

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/185402921.html

https://www.facebook.com/todaystmj4

Family, friends continue search for Nick Wilcox



WISN

Published on Jan 3, 2013

Family, friends and police continued their search for 24-year-old Nick Wilcox, who was last seen on Old World Third street on New Year's morning.

Searches continue for two missing Milwaukee-area men

By Georgia Pabst of the Journal Sentinel

Jan. 3, 2013 8:00 a.m.

Law enforcement officials in Milwaukee and Ozaukee County said Thursday morning the searches for two missing men in the area continue.


Robert E. Steinbrecker

The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office said the search for Robert E. Steinbrecker, 24, who was last seen early Dec. 27 running on the ice of Cedar Creek, continues.

He was reported to be wearing a green and gold knit Green Bay Packers hat, a heavy, dark green parka, blue T-shirt, brown pants and black tennis shoes with white trim around the sole.

Residents of the Cedarburg area have been asked to check shelters and outbuildings on their properties for signs of the man.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the department at (262) 284-7172.


Nick Wilcox

In Milwaukee, police and family and friends continue to look for Nick Wilcox, 24 who was last seen leaving the Irish Rec Room bar on N. Old World Third St. between 1 and 2 a.m. on New Year's Day.

Wilcox is described as 6 feet 2 inches and 180 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at (414) 935-7403.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/searches-continue-for-two-missing-milwaukeearea-men-gg886lq-185531571.html

http://www.livinglakecountry.com/lakecountryreporter/news/kmhs-grad-missing-since-early-tuesday-dp87t5u-185437361.html

MPD dive team searches Milwaukee River for missing man

Nick Wilcox last seen early Tuesday morning

UPDATED 6:18 PM CST Jan 03, 2013

(VIDEO)

MILWAUKEE —The Milwaukee Police Department dive team went into the Milwaukee River for a short time Thursday afternoon after a sonar device picked up some targets in the water

Crews are searching for a 24-year-old man who was reported missing on Jan. 1.

Nick Wilcox was last seen in that area on New Year's Day morning. Family members said he had left the Irish Rec Room between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. and has not been heard from since.

Divers found some tree limbs, an old cellphone, a shopping cart and other debris and has come out of the water.

Earlier in the day, searchers noticed some ice that looked unnatural, so they put the sonar device in the water.

Read more:

http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/MPD-dive-team-searches-Milwaukee-River-for-missing-man/-/10148890/17998914/-/11rdm9gz/-/index.html


Wilcox - River Map



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Dive crew searches Milwaukee River for missing man

Posted on: 5:07 pm, January 3, 2013, by Brandon Cruz, updated on: 09:16pm, January 3, 2013

FOX6
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VIDEO:

http://fox6now.com/2013/01/03/dive-crew-searches-milwaukee-river-for-missing-man/

Nick Bohr ‏@NickBohr 8h
Divers searched the Milwaukee River today in the #FindNickWilcox search. An update tonight on #WISN12 News at 5 and 6. pic.twitter.com/qU4hV9P3

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Family of Nick Wilcox ask for public’s help in search

Posted on: 5:15 pm, January 4, 2013, by Tami Hughes, updated on: 06:25pm, January 4, 2013



MILWAUKEE — Family and friends of Nick Wilcox are asking for the public’s help on Friday night, January 4th in their search for the missing man.

Wilcox was last seen outside the Irish Rec Room on Old World 3rd St. early Tuesday morning, January 1st. Wilcox was out celebrating on New Year’s Eve with friends, when he reportedly left the bar and hasn’t been seen since.

Family and friends are gathering at the Irish Rec Room on Friday evening — and asking for the public’s help to distribute flyers of Wilcox. They’re hoping the extra exposure on the case will help lead to new clues and possibly finding Wilcox.

Milwaukee police are urging anyone with information to contact the Sensitive Crimes Division at 414-935-7403.

http://fox6now.com/2013/01/04/family-of-nick-wilcox-ask-for-publics-help-in-search/

New leads on missing KM grad

Search headquarters set up at bar where Wilcox was last seen

Posted: Jan. 4, 2013 2:50 p.m.

Family and friends of Kettle Moraine High School graduate Nick Wilcox, missing since New Year’s Day, gathered at Milwaukee’s Irish Rec Room on Thursday night. The bar, in the 1000 block of North Old World Third Street, was where Wilcox celebrated the new year and is the last place he is known to have been seen.

According to the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD), Wilcox was last seen outside the bar between 1 and 2 a.m. Jan. 1. Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said there has been no new information police are willing to release, but they are following up on several leads.

Rumors have circulated that Wilcox was spotted outside a Qdoba restaurant in Milwaukee’s downtown at about 3 a.m., but Stanmeyer said he could not confirm that information.

Read more:

http://www.livinglakecountry.com/lakecountryreporter/185690862.html

Dive team searches Milwaukee River, finds nothing

WTMJ-TV and JSOnline.com
updated 1/4/2013 5:47:54 AM ET 2013-01-04T10:47:54

Nick Wilcox hasn't been seen since leaving a Third Street bar New Year's Eve. And the search effort becomes more critical with every passing hour.Following a tip that someone saw a hole in the icy Milwaukee river Thursday, police dive teams and their sonar equipment searched for any sign of Nick Wilcox.

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Pouring through surveillance video from the Irish Rec Room, Nick's sister tells us after he was asked to leave, he sat outside the bar for a while.Andrea Wilcox, sister: "There was a ruckus outside. He actually ended up breaking it up. There were cops that showed up because of it, and kind of told him to move on, so he moved on."But nobody knows where."

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50358550

Family of missing student continues search

By Jon Byman
CREATED Jan. 4, 2013



MILWAUKEE - Friends and family of Nick Wilcox were back out Friday night hoping for any sign of the missing Milwaukee man

Andrea Wilcox, sister: "We're just asking if anybody and everybody can please just help us find my brother."

A heartwrenching plea from Andrea Wilcox, whose brother Nick disappeared after a night of drinking New Year's Eve. They were back at it again Friday night, handing out flyers and asking if anyone knows anything.

Read more:

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/185668032.html

Family of missing student plans to hand out more fliers tonight

TODAY'S TMJ4 Jan. 4, 2013

Nick Wilcox's sister is pleading for help finding her missing brother.

http://www.todaystmj4.com/multimedia/videos/?bctid=ANV_314010

Jonathan Meyer ‏@gopherjon Jan 5
RT @nalabearwi: #FindNickWilcox needs your help. Irish rec room tomorrow at 8am to help w/search. The more the better.


Sally-Anne ‏@socialskipper Jan 5
#Milwaukee, if you're around tomorrow morning, please help #FindNickWilcox. 8 am, meet at Irish Rec Room. Lots of help needed!

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Please Help Find Nick Wilcox

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60 spend Sunday searching East Side for signs of missing Nick Wilcox

Posted on: 5:06 pm, January 6, 2013, by A.J. Bayatpour, updated on: 08:05pm, January 6, 2013

MILWAUKEE — On Sunday, January 6th, those looking for 24-year-old Nick Wilcox who has been missing since New Year’s Eve expanded the search after several days of trying to discover Wilcox’s whereabouts.

About 60 people split up along Milwaukee’s east side in a mission that covered a series of possible paths.

“Basically, we’re trying to follow any type of patch he might have taken to get back to his residence,” Dan McGonagil, the brother of Wilcox’s girlfriend, Kelly.

Read more:

http://fox6now.com/2013/01/06/60-spend-sunday-searching-east-side-for-signs-of-missing-nick-wilcox/

Nick Wilcox search continues

By The WTMJ News Team
CREATED Jan. 6, 2013 - UPDATED: Jan. 6, 2013



MILWAUKEE - The search continues for a UWM student who disappeared on New Year's.

The Wilcox family is expanding their search for Nick from downtown Milwaukee to the city's east side.

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"We're just doing it again and again and again and we're not going to stop until we find something," says sister Andrea Wilcox.

So far, no leads.

http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/185813352.html

Search continues a week after Nick Wilcox goes missing



by John Cuoco
Story Created: Jan 7, 2013
(Story Updated: Jan 7, 2013 )

MILWAUKEE -- The Wilcox family is still fighting to keep hope alive in their search for Nick Wilcox. Nick's sister, Andrea, says the family is still having dozens of people to search the areas where they may find Nick. She says they've searched some areas three times, placing flyers around the city.

The family's search has lasted for a week, and they're showing no signs of slowing down. Nick Wilcox was last seen in the early morning hours of New Years leaving the Irish Rec Room on Old World Third St.

http://www.cbs58.com/news/local-news/Search-continues-a-week-after-Nick-Wilcox-goes-missing-185947232.html

Family of missing man still holding out hope

by WDJT Editor
Story Created: Jan 7, 2013 at 7:54 PM CST
(Story Updated: Jan 7, 2013 )

MILWAUKEE - The family of Nick Wilcox said Monday that they still believe they will find the missing 24-year-old, for better or worse.

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"It's really a nightmare," Nick's sister Andrea said Monday.

Dozens of volunteers have helped search for Wilcox and hundreds of posters with his picture have been put up far and wide.

If you think you can help, you're asked to call the Milwaukee Police.

Video at link:

http://www.cbs58.com/news/local-news/Family-of-missing-man-still-holding-out-hope-185956481.html

Family continues search for missing Milwaukee man

Nick Wilcox disappeared on New Year's Eve

Published 12:35 AM CST Jan 08, 2013

(VIDEO)

MILWAUKEE —One week ago, Nick Wilcox disappeared after celebrating New Year's Eve and as the search for him continues, his family is issuing an emotional plea.

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Dozens of searches across the city have turned up nothing but his family is not planning on quitting anytime soon.

"I don't plan on giving up, my dad's not giving up, none of his friends are going to give up, and I heard from a lot of his friends today who said, 'what's going on, what are we doing?'" Wilcox's sister, Andrea Wilcox, said.

The family is working on broadening the search beyond the Milwaukee area. They say communities in Madison and Green Bay know very little about this case and that it's possible the 24-year-old could be anywhere at this point.

But they are also realistic of the situation.

Read more:

http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Family-continues-search-for-missing-Milwaukee-man/-/10148890/18046004/-/s77bsp/-/index.html

Search for Nick Wilcox continues after man's body pulled out of Milwaukee River

By Jay Sorgi

CREATED 9:07 AM - UPDATED: 12:43 PM



MILWAUKEE —A dive team has removed a body from the Milwaukee River at the Water Street bridge off Wisconsin Avenue


Milwaukee police confirmed for WISN 12 News that the body is not 24-year-old Nick Wilcox, who has been missing since early New Year's Day. Police said the body appears to be that of a white adult male in his 50s.

The body is being taken to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office.

The Milwaukee Fire Department said it got a call at 9 a.m. that a body had been spotted in the water. Construction workers spotted the body.

Wisconsin Avenue was shut down in both directions at the river.

Read more:

http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Police-Body-pulled-from-river-not-Nick-Wilcox/-/10148890/18079694/-/jjbhnm/-/index.html

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Body Found in Milwaukee River

January 10, 2013



http://www.todaystmj4.com/multimedia/videos/?bctid=ANV_314675

Hundreds attend vigil for Nick Wilcox

By Annie Scholz
CREATED JAN. 10, 2013



MILWAUKEE - Hundreds join Nick Wilcox's family for a vigil and a walk of hope -- something they haven't given up yet.

Step by step, a crowd followed as Nick Wilcox's family walked the streets of downtown Milwaukee. The started at the Irish Rec Room where nick was last seen, to Rusty's several blocks away.

Andrea Wilcox, sister: "It's amazing. It helps keep the hope alive."

And it's been a roller coaster couple of days, with two reports of bodies found, neither of them Nick.

Read more:

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/186413101.html

Search for missing student grows

by Keith Meka
Story Created: Jan 12, 2013
(Story Updated: Jan 12, 2013 )



MILWAUKEE -- Loved ones and volunteers put together one of the largest search teams yet to try and find 24-year-old Nick Wilcox. The UW-Milwaukee student went missing hours after celebrating the New Year at an Old World Third Street bar.

Up to 150 volunteers fanned out on both sides of the Milwaukee River between North Avenue and Locust Saturday. After that, they headed to the lakefront and resumed searching until sundown.

The group plans to continue looking for Wilcox on Sunday.

http://www.cbs58.com/news/local-news/Search-for-missing-student-grows-186631301.html

Two men, both missing since January 1st, still not found

By Michele Fiore
CREATED Jan. 12, 2013

MILWAUKEE - The search continued Saturday for UWM student Nick Wilcox.

The 24 year old Milwaukee man has been missing since early on New Year's Day, last seen at the Irish Rec Room on Old World Third Street.

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Meanwhile, there is still no sign of another missing Milwaukee man, who also disappeared on New Year's Day. Twenty-two-year-old Evon Young's last known whereabouts were near 52nd and Custer.

Read more:

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/186633131.html

Digital billboards to feature picture of missing 24-year-old Nick Wilcox

Posted on: 8:10 pm, January 15, 2013, by Katie DeLong, updated on: 09:06pm, January 15, 2013



MILWAUKEE (WITI) — 24-year-old Nick Wilcox remains missing as of Tuesday, January 15th, after he disappeared while out with friends on New Year’s Eve. Now, there are digital billboards displaying Wilcox’s picture in the Milwaukee area, as loved ones hope for a break in this case.

Jay McGonagil, father of Kelly McGonagil — Wilcox’s girlfriend, said loved ones contacted Clear Channel to have the digital billboards put up.

Wilcox’s loved ones are refusing to give up hope, and again spent Sunday, January 13th looking for Wilcox.

Read more:

http://fox6now.com/2013/01/15/digital-billboards-to-feature-picture-of-missing-24-year-old-nick-wilcox/

Search for Nick Wilcox continues

Story Updated: Jan 19, 2013



MILWAUKEE -- It's been nearly three weeks since a UW-Milwaukee student was last seen but Nick Wilcox's family is determined not to give up their search.

A group of about 20 people searched areas around 1st and National Saturday. They walked around the Summerfest grounds and scoured the river.

Also adding new fuel to the search are the billboards that went up around Milwaukee to remind people to keep their eyes open for any sign of the missing man.

Read more:

http://www.cbs58.com/news/top-stories/Search-for-Nick-Wilcox-continues-187607351.html?m=y&smobile=y

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Billboards added to search for missing Kettle Moraine grad

Kettle Moraine High School graduate Nick Wilcox was last seen New Year's Day outside Milwaukee's Irish Rec Room. Anyone with information about his disappearance should contact the MPD at (414) 935-7403.

By Steve Garrison

Posted: Jan. 28, 2013 10:34 a.m.

Kettle Moraine High School graduate Nick Wilcox is still missing, despite continued efforts by police, family and friends to locate the 24-year-old Milwaukee resident.

Now, a fund has been established to help keep the search going. Donations are accepted at any Associated Bank, or mail them to the Oconomowoc branch at 1456 Summit Ave.

Wilcox was last seen outside of Milwaukee's Irish Rec Room, in 1000 block of North Old World Third Street, early New Year's Day. Wilcox was out celebrating on New Year's Eve with friends and reportedly left the bar before 2 a.m.

A candlelight vigil is planned for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Rusty's Old 50, 730 N. Old World Third St., according to the Facebook page Please Help Find Nick Wilcox.

Read more:

http://www.livinglakecountry.com/lakecountryreporter/news/billboards-added-to-search-for-missing-man-7j8gcit-188677531.html

Body pulled from Milwaukee River identified as Nick Wilcox

ME calls it an accidental drowning

By the WTMJ News Team
CREATED Mar. 28, 2013 - UPDATED: Mar. 29, 2013

MILWAUKEE -The body that Milwaukee Police discovered floating in the Milwaukee River behind 1030 N. Old World 3rd Street Thursday night, March 28, has been positively identified as 24-year-old UWM student Nick Wilcox.

According to the Milwaukee County medical examiner, Wilcox's cause of death is drowning, and the suggested manner of death is an accident. According to police, there were two forms of ID found on Wilcox, in a wallet, when his body was found. The driver's license tentatively identified the body.

Dental records helped make the positive identification Friday morning, March 29.

According to Investigator Michael Martin, two Milwaukee Police officers saw the body as they were walking the dock around 6 p.m. Thursday night. The MPD dive team recovered the body just before 8:45 p.m.

Read more:

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/200538781.html

This is very sad news indeed, I was hoping for a different outcome. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Medical examiner identifies body pulled from river

Nick Wilcox disappeared New Year's Day

UPDATED 7:55 PM CDT Mar 29, 2013

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WISN 12 News learned Friday morning that the medical examiner confirmed through dental records and identification located in a wallet that the body is that of Nick Wilcox.

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Chris Schmidt is a community volunteer who organized vigils and spearheaded searches for Wilcox.

"I really wish there would have been a different outcome, but I thank the Lord that we did find Nick, and now the family can have some closure," said Schmidt of Operation Locate Our Children.

Schmidt said he's searched the river walk dozens of times. He figured warmer temperatures brought Wilcox's body to the surface.

"It does not make sense to me," Schmidt said.

Wilcox was a student at UW-Milwaukee. He is the third person to drown in the river in the past 12 months.

Thomas Hecht, 28, went missing on March 10, 2012 after a pub crawl. His body was found 12 days later in the river near Pleasant and Water streets.

The body of Robert Silverman, 51, was found in the river on Jan. 6, 2013 near Water Street and Wisconsin Avenue.

Read more:

http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Medical-examiner-identifies-body-pulled-from-river/-/10148890/19520102/-/item/1/-/b5nrtxz/-/index.html

Funeral for Nick Wilcox set for Saturday, April 6th

Posted on: 6:57 pm, March 30, 2013, by Cary Docter



WAUKESHA CO. (WITI) — The funeral for Nick Wilcox will be held on Saturday, April 6th at Westbrook Church in Hartland.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the service to follow. The burial will be held on Sunday, April 7th at Lisbon Merton Union Cemetery on Lake Five Road in Merton.

Read more:

http://fox6now.com/2013/03/30/funeral-for-nick-wilcox-set-for-saturday-april-6th/

Family of Nick Wilcox say they suspect foul play in his death

Posted on: 8:04 pm, April 2, 2013, by Jeremy Ross



MILWAUKEE (WITI) — The family of 24-year-old Nick Wilcox spoke with FOX6 News on Tuesday, April 2nd — less than one week after his body was pulled from the Milwaukee River. Wilcox disappeared while out celebrating with friends on New Year’s Eve. He was last seen at the Irish Rec Room bar in the Third Ward — not far from where his body was discovered on March 28th.

Friends last saw Wilcox, and UW-Milwaukee student, heading down an alley outside the bar between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. on New Year’s Day.

An autopsy performed on March 29th found no trauma or injury and attributes Wilcox’s death to accidental drowning. Toxicology testing is still pending.

Read more:

http://fox6now.com/2013/04/02/family-of-nick-wilcox-say-they-suspect-foul-play-in-his-death/

Toxicology results released in death of Nick Wilcox

Posted on: 4:06 pm, April 4, 2013
Updated on: 09:56pm, April 4, 2013
By Katie DeLong

MILWAUKEE (WITI) – The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday, April 4th released toxicology results from Nick Wilcox.

The 24-year-old was pulled from the Milwaukee River — months after he disappeared while celebrating with friends on New Year’s Eve.

The Medical Examiner’s Office says Wilcox’s blood alcohol level was .22.

Milwaukee police say Wilcox’s body was pulled from the river on March 28th.

An autopsy performed Friday morning, March 29th found no trauma or injury and attributes the death to accidental drowning.

Read more:

http://fox6now.com/2013/04/04/toxicology-results-released-in-death-of-nick-wilcox/

Loved ones say goodbye to 24-year-old Nick Wilcox

Posted on: 11:46 am, April 6, 2013, by Katie DeLong

(VIDEO)

HARTLAND (WITI) — The funeral for Nick Wilcox was held on Saturday, April 6th at Westbrook Church in Hartland.

Visitation was held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a service following. The burial will be held on Sunday, April 7th at Lisbon Merton Union Cemetery on Lake Five Road in Merton.

Wilcox’s body was recovered from the Milwaukee River on March 28th. An autopsy performed March 29th found no trauma or injury and attributes the death to accidental drowning. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office on April 4th released toxicology results — saying Wilcox’s BAC was .22.

Read more:

http://fox6now.com/2013/04/06/loved-ones-to-say-goodbye-to-24-year-old-nick-wilcox/

Blood-Alcohol Concentration (BAC)

Post Morten

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Qualitative and quantitative analysis of ethanol in postmortem specimens is a relatively simple analytical procedure and with gas chromatographic methods, accurate, precise, and specific results are possible. However, difficulties arise when the concentration of alcohol in a postmortem blood specimen is interpreted and conclusions are drawn about a person’s state of inebriation at the time of death. Translating a BAC determined at autopsy (called necropsy in UK) into the amount of alcohol in the body at the time of death is subject to considerable uncertainty.

A major problem associated with postmortem alcohol analysis is the risk that the alcohol, at least in part, was generated or destroyed between the time of death and the time of the autopsy or after taking the specimens and performing the toxicological analysis. This becomes a major dilemma when decomposed bodies are examined and requests are made for alcohol analysis. The blood-glucose concentration increases after death owing to mobilization and hydrolysis of glycogen stores in the liver and muscle tissue thus providing abundant substrate for microbial synthesis of alcohol. This occurs by various processes when the conditions of time, temperature and number and nature of available microorganisms are optimal.

After death the process of autolysis begins and body compartments are progressively destroyed. Within a few hours of death, bacteria and microorganisms begin to spread from the gastrointestinal canal through the portal system, and eventually reach deep into the vascular system. If alcohol was present in the stomach at the time of death, e.g. if the deceased had consumed alcohol before a fatal accident, this might diffuse into surrounding tissues such as the liver, heart, lungs and major blood vessels. For this reason the analysis of alcohol in stomach contents is a common practice in forensic toxicology to compare with blood-alcohol concentration thus providing a clue as to whether the person had died shortly after drinking alcohol.

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http://what-when-how.com/forensic-sciences/post-mortem/