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Body Found Near Mendota Bridge Identified as Wisconsin Girl

The body pulled from the Mississippi near the Mendota Bridge earlier this week has been identified as Erika Renee Borgstrom, 16, of Roberts, Wis.

The body pulled from the Mississippi near the Mendota Bridge earlier this week has been identified as Erika Renee Borgstrom, 16, of Roberts, Wis., according to a WCCO report.

Borgstrom and boyfriend Dakotah Coach jumped from the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis on May 14. 

From WCCO:

Authorities responded to a report of a body in the Mississippi River on Wednesday at the Picnic Island Canoe Landing near Fort Snelling. The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and Water Patrol headed to the scene to recover the body, which turned out to be Borgstrom.


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