Wisconsin DOJ Confirmed Humberto Suarez, 28, Died In Kewaunee County Due To Environmental Hypothermia And Had Superficial Stabbing And Cutting Wounds To The Neck Including Bruises On Parts Of His Body

The Wisconsin Department of Justice says that Suarez died of environmental hypothermia and had superficial stab and cutting wounds on his neck and bruises in parts of his body, which the Kewaunee County coroner later ruled the manner of death as accidental.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 9, 2019

Madison, WI – On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Department of Justice (WIDOJ) released several documents to Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) by Mark J. Witeck, M.D., the WIDOJ State Forensic Pathologist dated May 16, 2019 and Rory Groessl, the Kewaunee County Coroner, which Witeck found that Humberto Suarez, 28, of Milwaukee had died from "environmental hypothermia". Suarez body was found seven days after his abandoned vehicle was found in Kewaunee County by a sheriff deputy who had the vehicle towed. Milwaukee police notified the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department (KCSD) that Suarez had been reported missing, when a deputy went back to the scene and expanded his search of the area where the vehicle was found, he discovered Suarez's body. In Witeck's forensic report, he also noticed multiple superficial stabbing and cutting wounds including bruises in Suarez's right side of his neck and legs.

Groessl after receiving Witeck's autopsy findings ruled on May 31, 2019 that Suarez's death was "accidental".

The WIDOJ didn't release the toxicology results in Suarez's death nor did they provided any indication, if Suarez was still alive when the Kewaunee County Sheriff deputy found his car on March 30, 2019 and sevens days later on April 5, 2019, Suarez's body was located by a deputy in a creek bed near where Suarez's vehicle was towed.

The WIDOJ also didn't indicate that Suarez's death is an open case or had been closed. No information was released by Witeck concerning how Suarez ended up with superficial stabbing and cutting wounds including, if a weapon was found at the scene.

According to the KCSD, Suarez's body was located following the discovery of an abandoned vehicle on Kadletz Road in Kewaunee, County.

The KCSO reported that on Sunday, March 30, 2019, a vehicle was found abandoned on Kadletz Road, approximately .5 miles from Highway 29. A search was conducted for the driver of the abandoned vehicle at the location and was not located.  The vehicle was towed to a Kewaunee tow lot at that time. 

Seven days later, on Friday, April 5, 2019, the Milwaukee Police Department contacted Kewaunee Sheriff's Office regarding the missing owner of the abandoned vehicle. Kewaunee County Sheriff deputies returned to the scene and located Suarez's body beyond the previously searched radius.

An autopsy was conducted by the Kewaunee County Coroner and the Sheboygan Medical Examiner.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation and Wisconsin State Crime Lab Crime Scene Response Unit also assisted in the investigation at the request of Kewaunee County Sheriff's Office.

Suarez was last seen alive on March 29, 2019 and his family reported him missing.