The Brief
- A commissioner ordered that a 12-year-old girl remain in secure custody.
- Prosecutors are deciding whether to charge her with abducting her brother.
- Investigators are looking into allegations of abuse and whether the girl was trying to protect her younger sibling.
MILWAUKEE – A court commissioner ordered that a 12-year-old girl remain in secure custody as prosecutors decide whether to charge her with abducting her younger brother.
Investigators are looking into allegations of abuse – and whether the girl was trying to protect her sibling.
Missing children
The backstory:
Initially, Milwaukee police said the 12-year-old and her brother had been seen near 5th and Hadley on Tuesday night. Officers scoured the city looking for them and believed the girl was in an SUV and possibly had a gun.…