KSTP Created: June 09, 2021 01:30 PM
The Ramsey County Water Patrol recovered a boy s body on Wednesday just downstream from the Lilydale boat launch.
The body was confirmed to be the missing 12-year-old boy, Ashok Pradhan, who went into the Mississippi River in St. Paul Monday night, the family confirmed with KSTP.
The Ramsey County Medical Examiner also confirmed the identity of Pradhan on Wednesday.
Divers find body of boy missing in Mississippi River Tim Harlow, Star Tribune
Divers have recovered the body of a 12-year-old boy who went missing Monday evening in the Mississippi River near St. Paul s Hidden Falls.
The Ramsey County Water Patrol found the boy downstream near the Lilydale boat launch and pulled his body from the river about 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, said Roy Magnuson, a spokesman for the Ramsey County Sheriff s Office.
The boy s name was not released.
Rescue personnel from the Ramsey County Water Patrol, a dive team and the St. Paul Police and Fire departments began the search for the boy, who was last seen about 7 p.m. Monday. A State Patrol helicopter assisted.
UPDATED: Boy’s body pulled from Mississippi River in St. Paul
Officials said the boy s body was found in the water just downstream from the Lilydale boat launch in St. Paul about 10:15 a.m.
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Deanna Weniger / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 5:04 pm, Jun. 9, 2021 ×
ST. PAUL Family members have identified the boy who drowned in the Mississippi River as Ashok Pradhan, a 12-year-old from St. Paul who slipped while wading Monday and was swept away by the current.
The Ramsey County Water Patrol found his body Wednesday, June 9, just downstream from the Lilydale boat launch in St. Paul about 10:15 a.m.