Crime

Juneau County deputies make arrests after finding two bodies near Wisconsin Dells

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4 years ago

March 16, 2021

The Juneau County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths of a 33-year-old man and 42-year-old female after finding their bodies in a welfare check Monday afternoon in the Town of Lyndon.

Deputies responded at 2:18 p.m. March 15 and found the two deceased individuals. Felix Rivera-Medina, 25, and Makaela Decorah, 23 who lived at the residence, were arrested in Eau Claire. Rivera-Medina was held on a felony parole warrant, according to the sheriff’s Office. Decorah is being held on a felony drug warrant.

The incident is still under investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice-Division of Criminal Investigation, Ho-Chunk Tribal Police, Juneau County Sheriff’s Office, State Crime Lab, and the Juneau County Coroner’s Office.

The names of the deceased were held pending notification of relatives.

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Kaitlyn Riley’s passion for communications started on her family’s dairy farm in Gays Mills, Wis. Wanting to share agriculture’s story, she studied strategic communications and broadcast journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In college, she held officer positions with the Association of Women in Agriculture and Badger Dairy Club while volunteering as a news reporter for the college radio station. She also founded the university’s first agricultural radio talk show, AgChat. In her professional career, Kaitlyn has worked in radio, print and television news doing everything from covering local events to interviewing presidential candidates, and putting back on her barn boots to chat with farmers in the field. Today, Kaitlyn can be seen covering local stories that matter to you in the La Crosse area.