MCS Report #608
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: Macoupin County Sheriff’s Department
Date of Activation: 2/15/2016
Commander and Department: Capt. Mike Dixon, Madison County Sheriff’s Department
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Sgt. Bryan Bauer, Madison County Sheriff’s Department
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Mark Kuechle, Collinsville PD
Victim: Joseph Ryan Wilson
Suspect(s): Unknown
The Macoupin County Sheriff’s Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Joseph Wilson. At 3:30pm, deputies responded to a remote area around 7000 Illinois Route 159, Shipman, IL, after two teenagers found skeletal remains. The remains were determined to be Joseph Wilson (age 24) who had disappeared half a mile away 4 years earlier in 2012.
Anyone with information in this case is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477).
