Searchers Recover Body from Minnesota River, Could Be Missing Plymouth Man

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The man pulled from the river has been identified. . This story was last updated at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.

Savage police say a body has been recovered from the Minnesota River.

This morning at 11:13 a.m., a tow boat captain reported a body floating in the Minnesota River about ¼ mile down river from the swing bridge area in Savage, said Savage Police Capt. Dave Muelken. The body was recovered by the Scott County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Savage Police and Fire Department.

The body of an adult male has been taken to the Minnesota Regional Coroner’s Office for identification, Muelken said. However, circumstances suggest that the body could be that of a 33-year-old Plymouth man who has been missing for the last three days. It is thought that he could have jumped from a bridge over the Minnesota River in Savage.

Savage police got involved Sunday after Plymouth police called and asked for assistance with a missing person case, Muelken said. Savage police found the missing man's car parked on Vernon Avenue near a barricade on the way to the river. At the end of the road there's an old railroad swing bridge, Muelken said is about 25 feet high. 

He said that area of the river is difficult to search because it's murky and deep due to dredging in the area for barge traffic.