Crime & Safety

Body Of Woman, 22, Found In Snow Pile Of Elementary Parking Lot

The body was found in a Rochester elementary school parking lot and ​"appears to have been there for some time," police said.

Police are working with the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office in the investigation, and plan to release more information sometime Thursday.
Police are working with the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office in the investigation, and plan to release more information sometime Thursday. (Scott Anderson/Patch)

ROCHESTER, MN — Rochester police are investigating after a woman's body was found in a snow pile in the parking lot of Gage Elementary School.

The body "appears to have been there for some time," police said in a news release. "There is no immediate threat to the public."

Police are working with the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office in the investigation, and plan to release more information sometime Thursday.

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