Pregnant Woman Whose Body Was Found Burned In Minneapolis Identified

CBS Minnesota

November 19, 2021

The pregnant woman whose body was found severely burned in a trailer last week in Minneapolis has been identified.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as 28-year-old Annysa Zierhut of Minneapolis. Her body was found on Nov. 8 in a travel trailer near the intersection of 35th South and Hennepin avenues. The child she was carrying also died.

Jade Monet Rissell, 27, and Shannon Michael Benson, 42, are charged in the killings. They face murder charges in the death of Zierhut and her child. Both are currently in the Hennepin County Jail.

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