UPDATE: Body Found in Rural Steele County Is Missing WI Toddler
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From our sister station in Rochester KROC-AM: The Milwaukee Police Department has confirmed a missing 2-year-old girl is dead and her remains have been found in Minnesota.
The department made the announcement late Saturday morning as it canceled the Amber Alert that had been issued earlier this week for Noelani Robinson. The department says a preliminary identification of the remains was made by family members.
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In a release from the Steele County Sheriff's Office, the following was sent out late Friday, March 15, 2018, around 9:30 pm:
"The Steele County Sheriff's Office along with assistance from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are currently working a death investigation regarding a body located in a ditch on Highway 218. The location is in rural Steele County.
Further information will follow pending positive identification.
Authority Steele County Sheriff Lon Thiele"
We will update this story as details are made available.