Third body in three days found near Stone Arch Bridge
A body was found near 6th Street and Main Street SE, close to the Stone Arch Bridge, around 1 p.m. Monday.[1]
The discovery is the third body found in Minneapolis in three days.[1]
University of Minnesota police are leading the investigation but have not released the victim's identity or a cause of death.[1] Police have not indicated whether the three deaths are linked.[1]
Earlier in the three-day span, bodies were discovered at East River Flats Park and along the east shore of Bde Maka Ska.[1] Investigators have not released further details about the Stone Arch case.[1]
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- A body was found near 6th Street and Main Street SE, close to the Stone Arch Bridge, around 1 p.m. Monday.
- This is the third body discovered in Minneapolis in three days, after earlier finds at East River Flats Park and along Bde Maka Ska’s east shore.
- University of Minnesota police are leading the Stone Arch case and have not released the victim’s identity or cause of death, nor have police indicated any link among the three deaths.
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August 18, 2026