Man found dead in south Minneapolis storm drain tunnel
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:29 am
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2/15/2022 Man found dead in south Minneapolis storm drain tunnel
Jake Matlock's two sons grew up playing along Minnehaha Creek. On Feb. 6, with the creek bed frozen over, they donned their headlamps and went to explore the storm tunnel that drains into the creek at 5th Ave. S. and Minnehaha Parkway. About 10 minutes up the passage, whose cobbled mouth can be glimpsed from the parkway, they found the body of a man.
They called 911, and the elder boy, 16, led emergency medical personnel to the body.
"We didn't know anything else about him, but the firefighters said that it looked like there was no sign of trauma or foul play, and that he looked like he had simply frozen to death," Matlock said.
2/15/2022 Man found dead in south Minneapolis storm drain tunnel
Jake Matlock's two sons grew up playing along Minnehaha Creek. On Feb. 6, with the creek bed frozen over, they donned their headlamps and went to explore the storm tunnel that drains into the creek at 5th Ave. S. and Minnehaha Parkway. About 10 minutes up the passage, whose cobbled mouth can be glimpsed from the parkway, they found the body of a man.
They called 911, and the elder boy, 16, led emergency medical personnel to the body.
"We didn't know anything else about him, but the firefighters said that it looked like there was no sign of trauma or foul play, and that he looked like he had simply frozen to death," Matlock said.