Body recovered from St. Croix River

The discovery comes a little over a week after police began searching for a Wisconsin teenager who fell into the river upstream.

April 20, 2023 at 12:34AM
Police have recovered a body from the St. Croix River. (Chisago County Sheriff's Office/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A body was recovered from the St. Croix River on Wednesday morning.

The Hudson Police Department responded to a report of a possible body in the water at around 9:30 a.m., and retrieved it with assistance from the St. Croix and Washington County sheriff's offices.

Officials have not yet identified the person.

"Until the medical examiner can make a positive identification and the family has been notified, we will not be releasing any further information," the department said in its Facebook announcement.

The recovery comes a little over a week after police and rescue teams began searching for 18-year-old D'Andrea Sanvig, who reportedly fell off a cliff and into the St. Croix River near Taylors Falls, Minn., on April 12.

The Wisconsin teenager was on a ledge at Interstate Park when he lost his footing and fell into the swollen river, said Capt. Derek Anklan with the Chisago County Sheriff's Office.

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