Police who were searching for a White County man missing since Tuesday discovered his body Friday evening near the Wildcat Creek northeast of Dayton.
Matt Tressler, 38, of Wolcott, was found at approximately 8:25 p.m. He had suffered extensive injuries to the head and a firearm was found nearby, according to White County Sheriff Pat Shafer.
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Shafer declined to speculate as to the cause of death. That will depend in part upon an autopsy and further investigation, he said. Next of kin had been notified, he said.
“He had extensive injuries to the head, and the Tippecanoe County Coroner’s Office was notified,” Shafer said.
Tressler’s wife, Jennifer, told police she’d last seen her husband when he left for work around 5 a.m. Tuesday. He works at Wabash National Corp. in Lafayette, she said. He never reported for work that day, and police were notified that same day he was considered missing.
After three days, Jennifer Tressler contacted the Journal & Courier midday Friday to help spread the word about her missing husband. The newspaper contacted the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office, who confirmed the search was ongoing.
At around 4:40 p.m. Friday, police converged on a public access site off Tippecanoe County Road 750 East, just north of Haggerty Lane. That’s where they’d found Tressler’s blue Buick LeSabre parked in a gravel lot near the Wildcat Creek, according to Tippecanoe County Sheriff Tracy Brown.
Jennifer Tressler and a few family friends were at the scene as the search began Friday. She was hopeful.
“Just pray,” she said. “He’s got three kids and a family that loves him.”
Four police agencies — from Tippecanoe and White counties, West Lafayette and the Indiana State Police — and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources took part in the search. A K-9 unit from the West Lafayette Police Department found the body, Shafer said.
The investigation is ongoing.
