The body of a Milwaukee boy was tragically found in a dumpster Thursday morning, one day after he was last seen alive by his distraught mother.
Prince McCree, 5, was found dead at around 9 a.m. on the 5500 block of West Vliet Street, about a mile from his home.
Police did not reveal how the boy died but have arrested two persons of interest in connection to the death.
The two individuals were identified as a 15-year-old boy and a 27-year-old man. Neighbors said that the pair lived in McCree’s family home.
According to State Senator LaTonya Johnson, who is a neighbor of the child’s family, the parents were knocking on doors looking for Prince before the grisly discovery of his body.
“They were distraught,” she said. “It was a shock. This neighborhood is relatively quiet. You don’t see a lot of police activity. We knew it was something serious.”
