Wabash Body Identified

The Wabash Police Department announced this afternoon that a forensic dentist has confirmed the identity of a homicide victim whose body was found in the basement a downtown Wabash building last month. The victim was Michael Wagner, who police believe was 21 years old when he died. According to a news release from the Wabash Police Department, someone shot Wagner in the back of the head, probably in October of 2002. Wagner had been in Wabash for a short time after leaving the U.S. Army. Police say the man who owned the building at the time of Wagner’s death and that man’s brother are both persons of interest in the homicide investigation. Both men are currently incarcerated on federal charges of bank robbery.