Abdirahman Aynte
Hiiraan Online
May 25, 2006
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The Body of a missing Somali woman surfaced in the Mississippi River on Monday, authorities said.
26-year-old Su’di Bashir Abdi went missing from her family’s apartment in the Riverside high rises on the night of May eight. Several hours later, Minneapolis Police received a call from a man at Washington Bridge who reported a woman nose diving into the river.
Using sonar-enabled boats and other high tech equipment, authorities have been since searching Abdi but never found her. Family and friends have been also helping the search along the shoreline. A pair of shoe, thought to belong to her, was discovered near the river.
At about 3:00 p.m. Monday, authorities spotted a body that surfaced near St. Paul railroad bridge in the 800 block of W. Water Street .
Autopsy results show that Abdi died of freshwater drowning, the Ramsey County medical examiner revealed Wednesday.
A spokeswoman for the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office said no foul play is suspected at this time.
Abdi was an ambitious medical student at Hofstra University in New York . She flew to Minneapolis on the eve of her disappearance. Family and friends say she was stressed with school.
Abdirahman Aynte can be reached at Ceynte@hiiraan.com
