UPDATE at 12:01 on 01/20/25: The Milwaukee County Medical Examiners office has identified the 80-year-old man as John Siebold of Milwaukee.
An investigation into security video footage from a nearby house showed Siebold falling down on the corner near 13th St. and Orchard St. around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 19. Siebold got up and reached for a tree as support, but fell down again and never got back up.
The Medical Examiner’s office ruled his death an “accident”.
MILWAUKEE — An 80-year-old man was found dead of “probable hypothermia” during frigid weather early Sunday morning.
Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office said the man was found dead just before 7 a.m. on 1/19/25 on a sidewalk near 12th St. and Orchard St.
Initial investigation suggests he fell around 2 a.m. and became incapacitated due to the cold weather. MCMEO is investigating the death as “probable hypothermia.”
MCMEO will conduct an autopsy on Monday.
Sunday morning temperatures in the Milwaukee area were in the single digits. This comes as the National Weather Service issued a cold weather advisory for Sunday at 6 p.m. through noon Tuesday. Wind chills could reach 30 degrees below zero, making frostbite possible in less than 30 minutes.
