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Whitefish Bay freshman found dead was to enter rehab program
More than 300 people gather at St. Monica Catholic Church in Whitefish Bay on Monday night to mourn for Madison Kiefer. The 15-year-old Whitefish Bay girl was found dead over the weekend. “She was always smiling,” said one friend.
Girl had abused drugs for 2 years, dad says
Three friends talk about their love for Madison Kiefer during the St. Monica service on Monday.
Whitefish Bay - The father of a 15-year-old girl who was found dead in a friend's home said she had abused drugs for two years and was scheduled to enter drug rehabilitation Tuesday, according to a Milwaukee County medical examiner's report released late Monday.
Whitefish Bay police said they have arrested two men and one woman in connection with the death of Madison Kiefer, who "may have consumed unknown quantities of drugs."
What types of drugs may have been involved is not yet known.
Maddie Kiefer's death stunned her North Shore suburb, although friends said they had begun fearing for her since she began her freshman year at Whitefish Bay High School in the fall. Some 300 people turned out at a prayer service for her Monday night.
Kiefer "was very energetic when she was younger, she always had a smile on her face," said Kevin Tighe, 17, in an interview during the day. But over the past several months she was more morose and spent time with a new group of friends, he said.
"To a T, the story of just going down the wrong path," Tighe said.
Kiefer was found unresponsive about 9:45 a.m. Sunday in a home in the 5100 block of N. Diversey Blvd. in Whitefish Bay that is several blocks from her home, according to the medical examiner's report.
One of Kiefer's friends lives in the home, and the friend's mother found her, the report says.
Kiefer's father, Michael Kiefer, told a medical examiner's investigator that his daughter had gone on a binge and was stoned Wednesday.
Michael Kiefer told the investigator that his daughter was trying to party before entering treatment, which was to begin Tuesday, according to the report.
Maddie Kiefer sneaked out of her family's home Saturday night, and her family discovered her missing Sunday morning, the report says. Michael Kiefer began calling his daughter's friends and then got a call from one of them, who said Maddie was at her home and "not looking well."
Michael Kiefer told the investigator that when he and his girlfriend arrived at the friend's home, the North Shore Fire Department was trying to revive his daughter.
Michael Kiefer could not be reached for comment but said through Father Jerry Herda that he and Maddie's younger brother and two older sisters are heartbroken.
Herda is pastor of St. Monica Parish in Whitefish Bay, which held an evening prayer service Monday for Kiefer.
Maddie Kiefer's mother, Catherine Kiefer, died several years ago from cancer.
Whitefish Bay police said in a statement that Maddie Kiefer had been at one Whitefish Bay residence where she may have consumed drugs before two men dropped her off at the Diversey Blvd. home. No one answered the door there Monday afternoon.
Maddie Kiefer was found with what appeared to be self-inflicted cuts to her arms and wrists, according to the medical examiner's report. She had a history of problems with alcohol, marijuana and pills, and had been prescribed medications by a psychiatrist, her doctor told an investigator.
Teen friends of Maddie Kiefer's told investigators that Kiefer and a friend may have gone to a drug dealer's home Saturday night. But the report also said that details in the teens' stories changed as they spoke to police.
At the memorial service Monday night, students hugged each other and cried, and many wrote notes to the families of Kiefer and Laura Miller, a Nicolet High School freshman who recently died of cancer.
Kiefer's friends remembered her as an upbeat girl with an infectious smile who looked out for her younger brother, Bryce.
"She was always smiling," said Laura Troshynski, 15, who attended grade school with Kiefer.
"She never got mad at you. She could make anything funny."
But Natalie Sivilotti, 15, and other friends said they became concerned for Kiefer in recent years.
"Maddie attracted so many people with her personality, good and bad," Sivilotti said
One of Kiefer's sisters, Chloe, is a freshman attending the University of Louisville on a soccer scholarship. She was a standout goalie for the soccer team at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School in Milwaukee.
Bill Henkle, the principal at Whitefish Bay High School, said Maddie Kiefer was the first student at the school to die since Adam Lemel, who had a heart condition, collapsed while playing basketball in a junior varsity game in Grafton in 1999.
"Obviously, there are many kids who are hurting and are trying to cope with the loss," Henkle said.
Two minors died of drug overdoses in Milwaukee County in 2007 and three in 2008, according to medical examiner's records.
No minors had died from drug overdoses in the county in 2009 as of Feb. 8, the records show.
Erin Richards of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report.
Whitefish Bay freshman found dead was to enter rehab program
More than 300 people gather at St. Monica Catholic Church in Whitefish Bay on Monday night to mourn for Madison Kiefer. The 15-year-old Whitefish Bay girl was found dead over the weekend. “She was always smiling,” said one friend.
Girl had abused drugs for 2 years, dad says
Three friends talk about their love for Madison Kiefer during the St. Monica service on Monday.
Whitefish Bay - The father of a 15-year-old girl who was found dead in a friend's home said she had abused drugs for two years and was scheduled to enter drug rehabilitation Tuesday, according to a Milwaukee County medical examiner's report released late Monday.
Whitefish Bay police said they have arrested two men and one woman in connection with the death of Madison Kiefer, who "may have consumed unknown quantities of drugs."
What types of drugs may have been involved is not yet known.
Maddie Kiefer's death stunned her North Shore suburb, although friends said they had begun fearing for her since she began her freshman year at Whitefish Bay High School in the fall. Some 300 people turned out at a prayer service for her Monday night.
Kiefer "was very energetic when she was younger, she always had a smile on her face," said Kevin Tighe, 17, in an interview during the day. But over the past several months she was more morose and spent time with a new group of friends, he said.
"To a T, the story of just going down the wrong path," Tighe said.
Kiefer was found unresponsive about 9:45 a.m. Sunday in a home in the 5100 block of N. Diversey Blvd. in Whitefish Bay that is several blocks from her home, according to the medical examiner's report.
One of Kiefer's friends lives in the home, and the friend's mother found her, the report says.
Kiefer's father, Michael Kiefer, told a medical examiner's investigator that his daughter had gone on a binge and was stoned Wednesday.
Michael Kiefer told the investigator that his daughter was trying to party before entering treatment, which was to begin Tuesday, according to the report.
Maddie Kiefer sneaked out of her family's home Saturday night, and her family discovered her missing Sunday morning, the report says. Michael Kiefer began calling his daughter's friends and then got a call from one of them, who said Maddie was at her home and "not looking well."
Michael Kiefer told the investigator that when he and his girlfriend arrived at the friend's home, the North Shore Fire Department was trying to revive his daughter.
Michael Kiefer could not be reached for comment but said through Father Jerry Herda that he and Maddie's younger brother and two older sisters are heartbroken.
Herda is pastor of St. Monica Parish in Whitefish Bay, which held an evening prayer service Monday for Kiefer.
Maddie Kiefer's mother, Catherine Kiefer, died several years ago from cancer.
Whitefish Bay police said in a statement that Maddie Kiefer had been at one Whitefish Bay residence where she may have consumed drugs before two men dropped her off at the Diversey Blvd. home. No one answered the door there Monday afternoon.
Maddie Kiefer was found with what appeared to be self-inflicted cuts to her arms and wrists, according to the medical examiner's report. She had a history of problems with alcohol, marijuana and pills, and had been prescribed medications by a psychiatrist, her doctor told an investigator.
Teen friends of Maddie Kiefer's told investigators that Kiefer and a friend may have gone to a drug dealer's home Saturday night. But the report also said that details in the teens' stories changed as they spoke to police.
At the memorial service Monday night, students hugged each other and cried, and many wrote notes to the families of Kiefer and Laura Miller, a Nicolet High School freshman who recently died of cancer.
Kiefer's friends remembered her as an upbeat girl with an infectious smile who looked out for her younger brother, Bryce.
"She was always smiling," said Laura Troshynski, 15, who attended grade school with Kiefer.
"She never got mad at you. She could make anything funny."
But Natalie Sivilotti, 15, and other friends said they became concerned for Kiefer in recent years.
"Maddie attracted so many people with her personality, good and bad," Sivilotti said
One of Kiefer's sisters, Chloe, is a freshman attending the University of Louisville on a soccer scholarship. She was a standout goalie for the soccer team at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School in Milwaukee.
Bill Henkle, the principal at Whitefish Bay High School, said Maddie Kiefer was the first student at the school to die since Adam Lemel, who had a heart condition, collapsed while playing basketball in a junior varsity game in Grafton in 1999.
"Obviously, there are many kids who are hurting and are trying to cope with the loss," Henkle said.
Two minors died of drug overdoses in Milwaukee County in 2007 and three in 2008, according to medical examiner's records.
No minors had died from drug overdoses in the county in 2009 as of Feb. 8, the records show.
Erin Richards of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report.
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