At approximately 12:00 p.m. on March 8, 2018, the Eden Prairie Police Department notified the Scott County Sheriff’s Office that a vehicle we had impounded on March 6th was registered to a missing person out of the city of Eden Prairie. At that time, investigators from both the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Eden Prairie Police Department responded to the area.
At approximately 1:49 p.m., Sheriff’s detectives, along with investigators from the Eden Prairie Police Department, located an adult male deceased near the intersection of 173rd Street West and Valley View Drive in Sand Creek Township.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner and the Scott County Sheriff’s Office are investigating, with the assistance of the Eden Prairie Police Department.
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