Missing Minnesota Man Found Dead in Colorado
On Wednesday evening the Summit County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado reported recovering a person’s body in the Dillon Reservoir
Moorhead, MN (KROC-AM News)- Authorities in Colorado have recovered the body of a missing Minnesota man.
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He was the subject of a statewide missing person alert sent by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) in January. The state agency said he had not been heard from since last November.
He was reported missing to the Moorhead Police Department in early January. Authorities identified the missing man as 51-year-old Leroy Schmidt.
Investigators believed Schmidt had left the state and was possibly in Nebraska or Nevada, the alert said.
Body of Missing Moorhead Man Found in Mountainous Colorado Reservoir
On Wednesday evening the Summit County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado reported recovering a person’s body in the Dillon Reservoir, which is in a mountainous area about 70 miles west of Denver.
On Friday, the Moorhead Police Department said the Summit County Coroner's Office identified the body as Schmidt.
“Leroy Schmidt was located deceased in Summit County, Colorado. The Moorhead Police Department has no information to disclose regarding the circumstances of his death,” a post on the Moorhead Police Department’s Facebook page says.
Authorities have disclosed how long Schmidt was believed to have been in the area where his body was recovered.
The circumstances surrounding his death have not been released.
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