Clinton Washington was a 34-year-old father of two and a manufacturing worker whose body was found in a trash container in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood on the evening of October 20, 2016. He had been expected to pick up his daughters the previous afternoon and did not respond to calls; his cellphone and other personal items were missing when his remains were discovered. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on October 21, 2016, and authorities treated the death as a homicide.

Detectives established that Clinton had no known ties to Riverwest and that his body appeared to have been transported and deliberately concealed inside the container. Surveillance footage from a nearby residence showed an unmarked, box-style truck—described as a Ford E350 or larger—entering the alley around the time the body was left; a witness reported hearing a cargo door and something being dragged. Investigators also noted the container sat about one building south of a residence then occupied by someone close to Clinton, a lead later ruled out as a suspect.

Officials suggested the location might have been chosen to send a message, but motive and the events of Clinton’s final hours remain unresolved. Anyone with information about the box truck, its occupants, or Clinton’s movements on October 19–20, 2016 is asked to come forward.