Bryan Polcyn
Investigative Reporter at WITI-TV (Milwaukee, WI)
Host at Open Record
FOX6 Investigator since 2004. Father of four, husband of one. And I like my bacon crisp. Even burnt.
Articles
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6 days ago |
fox6now.com | Bryan Polcyn
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - Children's Wisconsin said it accidentally "discarded" the frozen portion of a young woman's donated brain. Hours after the FOX6 investigation aired, that young woman's family filed a lawsuit against the hospital. Lawsuit filed What they're saying: The 12-page complaint accuses Children's Wisconsin of breaching its fiduciary duty to treat Ashtyn Fellenz's brain in good faith by completing the organ transfer.
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1 week ago |
fox6now.com | Bryan Polcyn
By Bryan Polcyn and Jenna Sachs Published May 8, 2025 8:58am CDT MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. - A Menomonee Falls couple donated their daughter's brain for science, only to learn the hospital threw part of it out. In this episode of Open Record, FOX6 Investigator Bryan Polcyn shares the unexplained error that has Children's Wisconsin apologizing to a grief-stricken family. You'll learn how the whole brain wasn't lost.
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1 week ago |
fox6now.com | Bryan Polcyn
Children's Wisconsin 'profoundly sorry' for throwing out donated brainChildren's Wisconsin says it accidentally ‘discarded’ the frozen portion of a young woman's donated brain.
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1 week ago |
fox6now.com | Bryan Polcyn
By Bryan Polcyn and FOX6 News Digital Team Published May 7, 2025 9:15pm CDT WAUWATOSA, Wis. - When 24-year-old Ashtyn Fellenz died on December 5, 2024, the dry ice was waiting. She was already at Children's Wisconsin where a pathologist was prepared to carefully extract her brain and preserve it for future research. A ‘tremendous’ loss What we know: By all accounts, the extraction of her brain was flawless.
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1 week ago |
fox26houston.com | Bryan Polcyn
When 24-year-old Ashtyn Fellenz died on December 5, 2024, the dry ice was waiting. She was already at Children's Wisconsin where a pathologist was prepared to carefully extract her brain and preserve it for future research. A ‘tremendous’ loss What we know: By all accounts, the extraction of her brain was flawless. It was separated into hemispheres - half of it chemically fixated in a formalin solution, the other half segmented and rapidly frozen.
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A Menomonee Falls couple donated their daughter's brain for scientific research. Three months later, the hospital called with devastating news. My latest investigation airs at 9:30 (in about 15 minutes). https://t.co/0zxLwQswnP @fox6now https://t.co/RANSIlPGi8
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