Body of missing college student found in Mississippi River

WINONA, Minn. (AP) - Authorities have recovered the body of a missing Winona State University student from the Mississippi River.

Winona County Sheriff Ron Ganrude says divers recovered the body of 19-year-old Chukwudi (chuck-WOOD’-ee) Benjamin Onyeaghala (ahn-yuh-GAHL’-uh) of White Bear Lake from the river south of Winona on Tuesday morning.

KAGE Radio (https://bit.ly/2eC2dSU ) reports the body was taken to the Olmsted County Medical Center in Rochester for an autopsy.

Onyeaghala was last seen near the Winona State campus on Oct. 7. Police received a tip last Friday that a man sleeping on a boat was awakened by a young man matching Onyeaghala’s description. The boat’s owner confronted the young man, and then reported hearing a splash when he returned to his cabin.

A number of agencies had been searching the river since Friday.

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Information from: KAGE-AM, https://www.winonaradio.com