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Victim in motorcycle crash identified

The motorcyclist killed in a weekend crash in Milwaukee has been identified as Robert D. Tolbert, Milwaukee police said Monday.

Tolbert, 41, of Milwaukee, was heading north on S. 13th St. when he hit a 1999 Chrysler near W. Dakota St. about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, according to police. Police said he died at the scene and was not wearing a helmet.

The driver of the car, a 34-year-old man westbound on Dakota St., remained at the scene of the crash and cooperated with investigators, police said.

Authorities said alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the accident.

Missing woman’s dental records requested

Investigators in Jefferson County have requested dental records for a missing Milwaukee woman to determine if they match human remains found in a remote area of the Town of Concord near Sullivan, WITI-TV reported Monday.

Kelly Dwyer was 27 when she was reported missing in October 2013.

A boyfriend, Kris Zocco, had been identified early by authorities as a “person of interest” but has not been charged in Dwyer’s disappearance.

Dwyer was last seen on surveillance video entering Zocco’s apartment Oct. 11, 2013. She was reported missing the next day, after she didn’t show up at her workplace.

Zocco was sentenced in January to 18 years in prison for possessing child pornography and another year for keeping a drug house.

The Milwaukee County medical examiner’s office is working with investigators in Jefferson County to identify the remains, an official with the office confirmed Monday.

Police search for homicide suspects

Milwaukee police on Monday continued to search for suspects in several weekend homicides.

A 24-year-old man was found shot and killed in the 2500 block of N. 44th St. about 8:35 p.m. Sunday, and authorities continue to seek a motive and search for suspects, according to a news release.

The man, whose identity was not released, was found about six hours after Milwaukee police were called to a shooting in the 3100 block of N. 29th St.

Robert L. Echols, 30, was shot in the street about 2:30 p.m. Sunday and pronounced dead on the way to the hospital, police said. Investigators are searching for a suspect, according to a news release.

Milwaukee police also continued to search for a suspect in the fatal shooting of two men and wounding of three others early Friday.

The shooting stemmed from a family dispute that escalated into a fight among 30 to 40 people in the 3700 block of N. 37th St. about 1 a.m. Friday, according to police.

Montrell Burdine, 26, and Damario D. Jones, 25, were killed, and three other men, ages 25, 26 and 33, suffered injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, police said.

Police identify man killed in car crash

Milwaukee police on Monday identified the man who died last week in a car crash at N. 43rd St. and W. Good Hope Road as Jose Martinez.

Martinez, 37, was killed and three others were injured in the crash about 8:30 a.m. Friday, according to police.

Martinez was the driver and only occupant of a Toyota Corolla that crashed into another car, police said.

The three injured people in the other car were taken by paramedics to Froedtert Hospital. Authorities continue to investigate what led to the crash.

Squad car, suspect’s vehicle go up in flames

Tomah — A Monroe County sheriff’s pursuit of a suspected drunken driver ended when a deputy’s squad car and the suspect’s minivan became engulfed in fire.

Sheriff’s dispatchers got a call about an erratic driver Sunday about 4 p.m. A deputy who found the van and talked to the driver said the man was apparently intoxicated.

Authorities say the driver fled onto Interstate 94 and into the city of Tomah. The man drove to his property in rural Tomah and into a wooded marsh area. The suspect’s van crashed into a tree and started a brush fire before it became fully engulfed in flames. One squad car got stuck and brush fire engulfed it. The suspect was arrested and taken to the Monroe County Jail.

Oakdale firefighters were called to put out the fires.

Human remains being investigated

Town of Vinland — Authorities are asking the public for help after human remains were found in eastcentral Wisconsin last week.

The Winnebago County sheriff’s office said the remains were found near railroad tracks in the Town of Vinland.

The remains appear to be a white male, age unknown. WLUK-TV reported that the remains apparently had been at that spot since sometime between January 2013 and December 2014.

Forensic testing is being done to try to identify the remains and determine the cause of death.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Winnebago County sheriff’s office.