3-year-old Major P. Harris Found Deceased, Milwaukee Police Reported

Harris went missing on October 14th after his mother was found deceased in Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 21, 2021

Milwaukee, WI - On Thursday, the Milwaukee Police Department reported that the body Major P. Harris, 3, was found deceased in the area of N. 35 Street and W. Rohr Ave. in Milwaukee.

According to a neighbor, Harris's body was found inside a blue recycling bin. Recycling items were picked up a day before and the body must have been placed in the bin overnight or earlier before noon when it was located in the blue bin. The blue bin was transported to the Milwaukee Police building to process evidence. 

Apparently, where the body was found, there are surveillance cameras. Police are reviewing any video footage that would lead to the individual or individuals that placed Harris's body in the recycling blue bin.

The investigation is ongoing and police are treating it as a homicide investigation.

Harris went missing after his mother, Mallery Muenzenberger, 25, was found deceased (murdered) in the backyard of a house near N. 37 and W. Clarke St. and Clark had become a person of interest in the homicide case.

On Sunday, Milwaukee police reported that the body of Jaheem C. Clark, 20, had been found at a home located at the 5400 block of N. 38 Street shortly after arriving at the scene. According to police, they arrived at the home around 4:01p.m. and later heard several gunshots from inside the home. They entered the home and located the Clark's body with a self-inflicted wound. No officer fired a weapon, according to the police report.

It was believed that Harris might have been murdered after Clark committed suicide and didn't leave any note or information to the whereabouts of Harris.

Police have arrested several suspects in connection with Muenzenberger's homicide.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office reported that Harris died from a gunshot wound to the head and ruled it a homicide. The Medical Examiner also says that an autopsy was conducted on October 19 and Clark's death was ruled as a suicide due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Update: According to Vaun L. Mayes, one of the Milwaukee Black community organizers that led local search parties to locate Harris criticized the Milwaukee Police Department for not letting search groups in the area that also included police officers know that Harris's body had been located until several hours had passed. Police investigators knew when Harris's body was found, but yet, they didn't notified none of the local search parties in the area, which unknownly continued to search for Harris while it rained.