Mother Finds Dead Son Outside Chetek, Wisconsin Home; Suspect In Custody
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Authorities in Barron County are investigating after a man was found dead in Chetek, Wisconsin Sunday afternoon.
According to the sheriff's office, they received a 911 call at 12:55 p.m. from a woman stating she found her son not breathing at a home on the 1100 block of 27th Street. She also said there was blood inside the home.
Upon arrival, authorities located 23-year-old Garrett Macone outside the residence, where he was pronounced dead.
During the investigation, detectives conducted several interviews and around 11 p.m., they arrested a 25-year-old Rice Lake man.
The suspect is currently being held in the Barron County Jail on first-degree intentional homicide awaiting formal charges by the Barron County District Attorney's Office later this week.
The case remains under investigation.
WCCO-TV does not name suspects until they have been formally charged.