Shannan Nehmer Along With Her 2-year-old Daughter And Boyfriend Recovered From KK River After Milwaukee Police Car Chase Gone Wrong On NYE

Three victims identified who were recovered from the Kinnickinnic River after their vehicle plunged into the river on NYE while being chased by Milwaukee police.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 2, 2019

Milwaukee, WI - The three victims who were recovered from the Kinnickinnic River (KK) in the last two days have been identified as Charles Barefield, 29; Shannan Nehmer, 19, and her 2-year-old daughter Anna Melia. Nehmer was also pregnant at the time of her death by her boyfriend, according to a relative. The victims were involved in a police chase reaching speeds between 80-100 mph and Nehmer who was driving lost control on Eastbound W. Greenfield Ave. and plunged into the KK river, according to Milwaukee police. 

The Milwaukee Medical Examiner is scheduled to perform autopsies on the victims on Wednesday.

According to Milwaukee police, Nehmer had been driving in the Southside of Milwaukee with Barefield and Anna Melia as passengers in a vehicle that had been sought in connection with two armed robberies reported near S. 14th Street and W. Greenfield Ave., where Nehmer, Barefield and another male suspect stole a cellphone and beat a victim in the head before fleeing and near S. 23rd Street and W. Lapham Blvd, where Barefield and the other suspect held up two male victims and demanded valuables. A nearby witness saw the armed robbery and took out a machete to scare the suspects, the two suspect fled and the man with the machete chased them, but one of the suspects fired at the witness with the machete and missed. No one was injured by gunfire.
The third unidentified suspect separated from Nehmer and Barefield, but was later arrested by police.
Police later spotted the vehicle and attempted to pull over the vehicle. Nehmer failed to pull over around 8:30 p.m. on Monday and fled from police. The police chase ended when Nehmer lost control and plunged into the KK river. Nehmer's body was recovered on New Year's Eve and the bodies of Barefield and Anna Amelia were then discovered inside the vehicle when the vehicle was recovered from the river after 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, according to police.
A handgun used in both robberies was recovered from the Chevy Trailblazer that was recovered from 30 feet of water, according to police.

Anna Melia Hernandez was reported missing by relatives on Tuesday until it was later discovered that her body was recovered from the vehicle after it was taken out of the KK river.