2 juveniles, 1 adult found dead in New Lisbon home

NEW LISBON, Wis. (WMTV) - Police are sharing more information about the three people who were found dead in a New Lisbon home on Monday night.

According to a release from the New Lisbon Police Department, one of those people was a juvenile who was reported missing from Monroe County. On Sunday at 10:09 p.m., the Juneau County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by authorities in Monroe County to help find a missing juvenile, who was picked up and last seen with New Lisbon resident, 47-year-old Virgil Thew.

On Monday morning around 7:40 a.m., New Lisbon police began to search for the missing juvenile and discovered a second juvenile was missing from the City of New Lisbon. Hours later, around 4:30 p.m., officers found the two missing juveniles and an adult dead inside a home on the 300 Block of West Bridge Street in New Lisbon, according to the police department.

Authorities are currently looking for the person of interest in this case, Virgil Lew. He is described at being 5 foot 10 inches and weighing 150 pounds. Police believe he is armed and dangerous. If you see Thew, you should not approach him but instead call 911.