Crews again search Menomonee Falls landfill in Dwyer case

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Milwaukee police officials on Monday, November 4th were again out at a Menomonee Falls landfill -- searching for evidence in the case of missing 27-year-old, Kelly Dwyer.

Dwyer has been missing since October 11th. Dwyer was last seen eating at an East Side restaurant on Thursday, October 10th.

Authorities believe 38-year-old Kris Zocco may have been one of the last to see Dwyer before she disappeared.

Dwyer's mother has said Zocco told her Dwyer left Zocco's East Side apartment around 9:00 a.m. Friday, October 11th.

Zocco was arrested on October 17th on drug charges that came to light as officials were investigating Dwyer’s disappearance. Officials allegedly discovered cocaine, marijuana, oxycodone and hydrocodone while executing a search warrant of Zocco’s residence.

On October 24th, Zocco was arrested again at his parent’s residence in Richfield, and charged with 17 counts of child pornography.

Zocco has not been charged in connection with Dwyer’s disappearance.

During a court appearance, where Zocco pleaded not guilty to drug charges, an MPD detective recalled her interview with Zocco regarding the night he spent with Dwyer.

“He said she partied with him. Those are the words he used — and that consisted of doing lines of cocaine.  He said they may have smoked a bong, which meant marijuana, in a pipe used to smoke marijuana and that they were going to have drinks,” Milwaukee Police Detective Tammy Tramel-McClain said.

Those leading efforts to find Dwyer are continuing the search.

Zocco remains in custody at the Milwaukee County Jail in the drug and child pornography cases.

Milwaukee police officials say nothing was found Monday related to Dwyer's disappearance during the landfill search. The landfill search is set to resume on Tuesday in Menomonee Falls.