Human remains found over weekend in Wisconsin amid fears over missing 19-year-old woman

Human remains were discovered in three instances over the weekend in Milwaukee as worries about the whereabouts of a missing 19-year-old woman grow.

Unidentified remains were discovered Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the area of the 3000 block of West Galena Street, Milwaukee police said.

Police are conducting an investigation in that area in conjunction with other area law enforcement agencies.

No further details, including whether the remains were those of a woman, were released.

The area where the remains were found is about 2½ miles west of where Sade Carleena Robinson, 19, described as a "critically missing person — was last seen.

Robinson was last seen April 1 in the area of 1800 N. Commerce Street.

She is described as 5 feet tall, 135 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and she was last seen wearing a black coat, a white hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and white shoes. Police did not share details about the circumstances of her disappearance.

Last week, in nearby Cudahy, about 10 miles southeast of the Galena site, police responded to a call of a report that a severed leg had been found near Lake Michigan in Warnimont Park.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office responded and is investigating the discovery as a homicide, it said.

On Thursday, a search warrant was secured and sheriff’s deputies converged on a residence on the south side of Milwaukee. They took a “person of interest” into custody for questioning. It’s not clear whether that discovery of human remains is connected to the Galena remains.

Anyone with any information about the remains found on West Galena is asked to contact Milwaukee police at (414) 935-7360 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS.

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