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(AP) - The death of a University of Minnesota
student whose body was found in the Mississippi River has been ruled accidental.

      The Hennepin County medical examiner's office said Rachel Dow,
29, of Minneapolis suffered hypothermia after she fell through the
ice earlier this month.

      The medical examiner also said acute alcohol intoxication was
another significant factor in Dow's death.

      Dow was last seen at the Uptown Bar and Cafe in Minneapolis.
Friends said she often went to the river as a place to escape.

The Hennepin County medical examiner's office said Rachel Dow, 29, of Minneapolis suffered hypothermia after she fell through the
ice earlier this month. Dow was intoxicated, and that was also a factor in her death.

U of M student's death in river ruled accidental

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