On October 8, 1970, James Hennig left his family home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to go shopping and never returned. His father reported his 20-year-old son missing once he found James’s car in the store parking lot with the light and ignition switched on, but the battery was dead. James’s body was discovered floating in the Milwaukee River by a passerby on October 20th of the same year. A bullet wound was found in his head.

Anyone with information on James’s death is asked to call the Milwaukee Police Department Cold Case Unit Detectives at 414-935-7360. To submit an anonymous tip by phone, call 414-933-4444.

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