CARSON − The Portage County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people in connection with a suspicious death reported July 21.
Deputies and emergency medical services responded to a report of a person in distress and suffering from severe trauma at 10:57 a.m. July 21. When they arrived they found Jeanette Pientka, 57, of Carson, had died.
The Sheriff’s Office said in a news release July 22 that the suspicious death was a homicide and police had two people in custody pending charges. Their names have not yet been released.
The investigation into Pientka’s death is ongoing, according to the July 22 release.
Anyone with information about the incident can call Detective-Sgt. Blake Porter at the Portage County Sheriff’s Office at 715-346-1400.
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This article originally appeared on Stevens Point Journal: Two arrested in ‘suspicious’ death of 57-year-old Portage County woman
Reporting by Karen Madden, Stevens Point Journal / Stevens Point Journal
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