Authorities recover body found floating in Lake Bemidji

The age and identity of the female is unknown.

Author:: BringMeTheNews
Publish date:: Jul 26, 2018
Updated on: Jul 26, 2018

Lake Bemidji — Pete Markham, Flickr

Details are limited but authorities in the Bemidji area are investigating the death of a woman whose body was pulled from a lake on Wednesday.

The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call at 12:18 p.m. Wednesday on a report of an object that appeared to be a body floating in Lake Bemidji in northern Minnesota.

Bemidji police and sheriff's deputies, along with DNR officers responded to the lake and recovered the body of a female. The age and identify of the woman has not been provided.

The Beltrami County Corono's Office is conducting an autopsy, at which point more information is expected to be released.

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