Medical examiner IDs body found in river as SCSU student

Published 10:31 am Tuesday, April 4, 2017

ST. CLOUD  — St. Cloud police say a body pulled from the Mississippi River has been positively identified as that of a missing St. Cloud State University student.

Police said Monday the Ramsey County medical examiner’s office identified the body as that of 21-year-old Jesse Dady.

According to a press release, more than 100 family and friends gathered at Atwood Mall on Sunday night for a candlelight vigil to remember Dady.

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A dive time recovered Dady’s body Friday evening after searching for about a week.

Authorities believe Dady fell from a railroad bridge into the river. Police say surveillance video shows Dady alone on the bridge the night of March 25, and they do not suspect foul play.