UPDATE: Family confirms missing UMN student found dead

Originally Posted on The Minnesota Daily via UWIRE

UPDATE: Ali’s body was found in the Mississippi River in St. Paul near Harriet Island, according to authorities. Foul play is not suspected.

University of Minnesota student Abdi Ali, 21, was found dead Monday night, according to social media posts from Ali’s family.

Ali, who was from Prior Lake, was reported missing Wednesday and was last seen that day at around 6:20 a.m. outside Ferguson Hall on the West Bank campus.

According to Ali’s Instagram page, he was a member of the University’s class of 2023.

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