Green Bay man charged with mutilating corpse in homicide case; body was found near arboretum entrance by UWGB campus

Peter Frank, Green Bay Press-Gazette
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GREEN BAY - A 29-year-old Green Bay man was charged Friday with mutilating a corpse as part of the investigation into a body that was found near the northeast entrance to the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum.

Jeisaac Rodriguez-Garcia faces the one count. He has not been charged with homicide in the case.

Early on Sept. 28, law enforcement officials found a body on fire near the northeast entrance to the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum. The arboretum is a natural area that encircles the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus.

The victim was later identified as Jason Mendez-Ramos, 36, of Ashwaubenon.

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Using cellphone data and DNA samples from a sock found on the trail near the body, Green Bay police say Rodriguez-Garcia transported the body to the trail, dumped the body there, and set it on fire with gasoline, according to the criminal complaint.

Rodriguez-Garcia is currently in the Brown County Jail.

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