Missing Kenosha Teen Reportedly Strangled, Drowned

KENOSHA, WI — New details have emerged in the death of 17-year-old Olivia Mackay, who was found dead in Racine County earlier this month. Police say the girl was choked and submerged in water, leading to her death.

According to a Kenosha News report Friday midday, Daniel Tate, 19, and Jamari Cook, 17, both of Kenosha, are in the Kenosha County Jail in connection with the case, said Kenosha police spokesman Sgt. James Beller.

Cook, 17, has been charged with hiding a corpse and taking a vehicle without the owner's consent.

According to the criminal complaint, Cook and Tate met Mackay on July 23 after they initially met online and later agreed to meet in Kenosha.

The complant states they used Mackay's car to drive from Kenosha to Racine and back. As their meeting concluded at a park near Kenosha's band shell - located near Lake Michigan right off Highway 32, Cook told police that he watched Tate choking the girl and lifting her off the ground.

The complaint states that Tate held Mackay's face in the water for approximately five minutes. Her cause of death is reportedly from strangulation.

The complaint stated that Cook and Tate put Mackay's body into a trash bag after dragging her body back to the car - one bag was put around her feet, another around her head They drove to a wooded area in Racine County to dump her body.

After initially not knowing where to put Mackay's body, they drove to what they thought was a remote area in Mount Pleasant. The location, they said, was among weeds and bushes "where they thought noone would find her."

Mackay's body was found by authorities the following day after she failed to show up for her job at McDonald's.

According to the criminal complaint, police were able to track Tate and Cook after they attempted to sell Mackay's car on Facebook.

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image via kenosha county jail