Body Found in Mississippi Identified as Missing U of M Employee

Minneapolis, MN – The body of a man pulled from the Mississippi River by police Saturday has been identified as Rinzin Dorjee, the University of Minnesota employee who went missing late last week.

The body was recovered in the Mississippi River 100 yards south of the Short Line Bridge in Minneapolis, according to a news release.

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Dorjee was reported missing by a co-worker at the University of Minnesota late Thursday night.

Subsequent searches of the location found blood in the area and determined that Dorjee may have been injured while at work. Video shows him leaving the building alone and walking toward the area of Fulton Street SE and Ontario Street SE.

Photo: University of Minnesota Police Department