Cold Case - Photo by Wilmington University
RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU) – After years of remaining open, a 40-plus-year-old cold case is finally seeing a breakthrough.
According to a press release from the Oneida County medical examiner’s office, Norman Grasser of Chicago, IL, has been identified as the deceased male found in a field on March 19, 1980. After receiving a call in the town of Pine Lake, the Oneida County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office located the body with the help of the witnesses who had originally found him in the snow.
The body was discovered on private land about 46 yards off of Highway 17. The body bore no marks of identification at the time, and the University of Wisconsin’s forensic examination revealed that the man had died from hypothermia brought on by exposure to the cold.
Mr. Grasser was identified due to a new investigative lead that was found back in January, thanks to the work done by students in the Ramapo College IGG Certificate Program. Investigations later discovered that Grasser had been reported missing in January 1980 by family members in Cook County, Illinois.
The Grasser family is appreciative of all those who helped put an end to the 43-year cold case and is requesting privacy during this time so they can process this information.
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