Overview
- Officers conducting a welfare check discovered the bodies of 57-year-old Jeffrey Manke and his daughters, Jaelyn, 16, and Lenora, 11, in Winneconne, Wisconsin, after being called about a medical incident on Friday, July 31.
- Court records show the couple's nearly two-year divorce and custody battle ended the same day with joint legal custody awarded to both parents.
- A restraining order filed earlier this year noted Manke's access to firearms and barred drugs or alcohol around the children while they were in his care.
- The girls' mother, Lindsey Lewandowski, says she repeatedly reported safety concerns to counselors, child protective services and police, and she has filed a motion to vacate the divorce judgment with a hearing scheduled.
- Investigators have called the deaths an isolated incident, public details remain limited, and community members have launched a GiveSendGo fundraiser and local support efforts for the surviving parent while the probe continues.