WEATHERWATCH 12. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GENO. NEW TONIGHT A TRAGIC END TO THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING FATHER FROM NEW BERLIN. POLICE SAY 45 YEAR OLD BEN OBERTO NEVER RETURNED HOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM A BUSINESS TRIP IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, POLICE FOUND HIS VEHICLE OVERTURNED IN A CREEK. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. 12 NEWS SPOKE WITH BEN’S WIFE YESTERDAY. I PRETTY MUCH CALLED THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY IN NEW BERLIN BECAUSE I JUST KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. IT’S NOT LIKE HIM. HE’S NEVER. HE’S NEVER DONE THAT. HE WASN’T HOME ON TIME, AND HE WASN’T ANSWERING THE PHONE. AND I GOT SCARED. POLICE A
Police confirm a missing New Berlin man died in an Illinois crash.Ben Oberto was reported missing at midnight on Thursday. His wife, Laura Leatherberry, told WISN 12 News Oberto called to say he’d be home in time to tuck in their …