HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015 06-16 Body found on 3M campus ID'd as North St. Paul man, 31 PIONEER PRESS Body found on 3M campus ID'd as North St. Paul man, 31 TwinCities.com
Updated:06/16/2015 06:57:18 AM CDT
Body found on 3M campus ID'd as North St. Paul man,31
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Maplewood police have released the identity of a man found dead Friday on the 3M campus and said they are trying to find
out who he was with before he died.
The man was Jeffrey Wade Lerew, 31, of North St. Paul, according to the Ramsey County medical examiner's office. His
body was found Friday morning in a grassy area near Hudson Road and Century Avenue,the southeast corner of the 3M
campus.
The cause of Lerew's death won't be known until toxicology results are complete, according to the medical examiner.There
were no immediate signs of struggle or trauma, according to Maplewood police.
Investigators now are trying to determine why Lerew was on the 3M campus.
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