Authorities ID woman who drowned in St. Louis Park pool

Her death has been ruled accidental.

August 24, 2020 at 11:23AM

Authorities have identified a woman who drowned last month in a residential pool in St. Louis Park.

Hannah J. Salo, 27, of Brooklyn Center, drowned on July 4 in a pool at a home in the 6600 block of Eliot View, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said Friday.

The Sheriff's Office water patrol investigated the incident and determined that the drowning was accidental.

Police and the water patrol arrived at the home about 6 a.m. and found an unresponsive Salo in the backyard pool, Sheriff's Office spokesman Andy Skoogman said Sunday. Emergency responders took her to HCMC, where she was pronounced dead.

Skoogman said investigators are awaiting toxicology tests on Salo as they piece together the circumstances leading to her death.

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