Crime & Safety

Body of Missing Kettle Moraine Graduate Nick Wilcox Pulled from Milwaukee River

Nick Wilcox, 24, went missing on Jan. 1 after leaving a bar on Old World Third Street in downtown Milwaukee.

For months, missing posters have been posted throughout the area, including Waukesha, after Kettle Moraine High School graduate Nick Wilcox went missing early New Year’s Day in downtown Milwaukee.

The search is over, but with a tragic outcome. Wilcox’s body was pulled from the Milwaukee River on Thursday, according to Waukesha Patch’s media partners WISN 12 News.

Nick Wilcox was last seen between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Jan. 1 outside the Irish Rec Room on Old World Third Street in downtown Milwaukee. 

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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.


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