Human remains found along Minnesota River in Burnsville

April 23, 2018 at 4:18AM

Human remains were found Sunday evening along the Minnesota River in the area of Interstate 35W and Black Dog Road in Burnsville, the Dakota County Sheriff's Office said.

The Sheriff's Office and the Burnsville Police Department are working together to investigate the discovery, according to a tweet sent Sunday about 7 p.m. by the Dakota County Sheriff's Office.

More information will be released as details are available, the tweet said.

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Erin Adler

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Erin Adler is a suburban reporter covering Dakota and Scott counties for the Minnesota Star Tribune, working breaking news shifts on Sundays. She previously spent three years covering K-12 education in the south metro and five months covering Carver County.

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