On Monday, the Sturgeon Bay Police Department identified the person they pulled from the water near the Michigan Street Bridge last Thursday.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on June 4th, video evidence reviewed by the department showed 23-year-old Aleksander Hill of Sturgeon Bay entering the water. About 12 hours later, police officers responded to the scene between the Michigan Street Bridge and the Door County Maritime Museum after receiving a tip about Hill’s body remaining in the water. The preliminary autopsy findings do not indicate that foul play played a role in Hill’s death. Still, the Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office will make a final determination while the Sturgeon Bay Police Department completes its investigation. The department is asking anyone who may have been in the area around the time of Hill’s death to contact them at 920-746-2950.
Hill was the second body found in the water by Door County law enforcement in 24 hours. In a separate incident, the Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office identified 42-year-old Janice Pipp of Greendale, Wis., as the woman found near Little Strawberry Island last Wednesday afternoon. According to the release from the Menominee Police Department, Pipp went missing on January 13th after she walked away from a vehicle on the ice of Green Bay during an argument.
