Medical examiner: Missing Savage man, 39, drown to death

March 24, 2016 at 12:15AM

The missing 39-year-old man whose body was found behind a Savage Target store last week died of apparent drowning, the Hennepin County medical examiner announced Wedneday.

Martise Windom was found in a holding pond near a Target store on Hwy. 13, more than four months after he was reported missing. Windom, a Lakeville youth basketball coach, was last seen leaving his Savage home on Nov. 7.

The manner of death remains undetermined, officials said.

Savage police and the state's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are investigating. Windom's godson, Noah Gregory, had said that Windom was an entrepreneur who owned his own credit recovery business.

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Liz Sawyer

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Liz Sawyer  covers Minneapolis crime and policing at the Star Tribune. Since joining the newspaper in 2014, she has reported extensively on Minnesota law enforcement, state prisons and the youth justice system. 

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