Overview
- Law enforcement responded after a report of a body late Sunday morning and found severely decomposed human remains along the shoreline near West 36th Street and East Bde Maka Ska Parkway.
- Minneapolis Park Police, Minneapolis Police and Hennepin County sheriff’s personnel secured the scene and a dive/search team conducted searches of the water for additional evidence.
- Medical personnel removed the remains from the site and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner has taken custody to perform forensic testing.
- Officials say the examiner will work to confirm the decedent’s identity and determine cause of death while the sheriff’s office leads an active investigation.
- Neighbors and park users can expect continued police activity around the lake as investigators process the scene and officials release more details when identification and cause are confirmed.