Milwaukee domestic violence team report

A new report is shedding light on the challenges of preventing domestic violence deaths in Milwaukee before they turn deadly. Fox 6 investigator Nicole Herzog joining us now live from the newsroom to break down the findings. What did you learn? Yeah, Ted and Mary, we learned from this report that Milwaukee's domestic violence high risk team operated through Sojourner Family Peace Center is seeing more than twice as many cases as it did six years ago. Repeat cases make up a third of that number. Now the report found three victims who had previously been identified as high risk were murdered by their abuser, which The group says is a low homicide rate in comparison to the 10,000 high-risk cases identified since the team was created. But advocates say the risk of death significantly increases when victims aren't connected with services and support. A trend that is concerning to me is that the reality is that most of the couples for whom someone ends up dying were not known to Sojourner. They were not known to law enforcement prior to that lethal incident. The report finds the team was typically brought in only after law enforcement responded to a particularly deadly or abusive incident. The group says one of its goals is to intervene earlier before an emergency response is necessary. For now, live in the newsroom, Nicole Herzog, Fox 6 investigators. All right, Nicole, thank you. We should point out Sojourner offers a 24-hour hotline and crisis shelter for those in need of support. Yeah, we have those details on our website, fox6now.com and our Fox local app. Nicole, thank you. Milwaukee Public Schools lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in a scam. And new tonight, what happened to the district's chief financial officer? The district initially lost $450,000 to a bank impersonation scam. MPS says it recovered more than half of that money, but is still trying to get back the remaining $195,000. The superintendent says they learned of the bank fraud on Monday and then appointed an acting CFO on Tuesday. Question is, what happened to the actual chief financial officer? Fox 6's Jason Kelby asked. Where is the chief financial officer right now? I don't know where she is right now. I mean, is she still with the district? She is still with the district. We're finishing our investigation, and then we'll make determinations. So is she on, like, a leave then? She is currently not with the district, and we are... We are looking and finishing our investigation right now. So is it linked with the fraud, linked with the CFO's office? Well, I can't speak to personnel matters, as you know, but once that's finished, we will make sure that we are transparent in that process and give everybody information about the investigation, what we found, and what new controls are putting in place.