EPHRAIM — Door County sheriff's officials say a body found near Ephraim has been positively identified as that of missing Fox Valley doctor Jeffrey Whiteside. That's according to FOX11Online.com.
Authorities say a K9 search team found human remains in the Town of Liberty Grove Wednesday afternoon, July 22nd near some trees in an uninhabited area. Sheriff's deputies and officials with the Wisconsin Crime Lab investigated after getting a search warrant for the property.
Missing doctor's body found
Sheriff's investigators say clothing and personal items found with the remains lead them to believe the body is that of Dr. Jeffrey Whiteside, of Grand Chute, missing for about three weeks.
In a news conference Thursday, Chief Deputy Pat McCarty said a .22 caliber handgun was also found near Whiteside's body, and that authorities were investigating who owned the gun. McCarty refused to say how Whiteside died. The public is not in danger, McCarty said.
The Door County Medical Examiner was expected to do an autopsy Thursday to positively identify the remains.
Missing doctor's body found
The Whiteside family released the following statement on Thursday, July 23rd.
The network of search and rescue teams that took part in the search for Whiteside has issued this joint statement:
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