A father and his two young daughters were found dead at his Wisconsin home just hours after his bitter divorce from their mother was finalized.
Officers were called to Jeffrey Manke’s home in Winneconne for a medical incident and welfare check on Friday just before 7pm, Winneconne police said.
He was found dead alongside his daughters, Jaelyn, 16, and 11-year-old Lenora. Police have not disclosed any details about how they died.
Manke, 57, and the girls’ mother, Lindsey Lewandowski, had just concluded a nearly two-years-long divorce battle, Wisconsin Circuit Court records showed.
Their marriage, which the court ruled was ‘irretrievably broken,’ was legally dissolved on Friday, according to the records reviewed by
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