The Brief
- Tenants displaced by a Milwaukee apartment fire say their belongings went missing when they returned.
- One tenant says police told him the property owner had entered his apartment and removed the items.
- The property owner did not respond to requests for comment, and questions remain about what happened.
MILWAUKEE – After a mid-December apartment fire on Milwaukee’s northwest side forced tenants out of their building, several residents say they are now trying to figure out what happened to their belongings.
Tenant says items disappeared overnight
What we know:
The fire happened Sunday evening near 105th and Lancaster. Tenants say they were told by building owner Berrada Properties to clean out their apartments as soon as possible following the fire.
But some residents say when they returned, their units had been entered and their possessions were gone.
Aaron Henderson said he was unable to remove all of his belongings on the first day. When he returned the following morning, he said the situation had changed dramatically.…