Search continues for boy missing in southern Minnesota river
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Updated: 6:20 p.m. | Posted: 7:57 a.m.
Search efforts continued Sunday evening along a southern Minnesota river, more than 24 hours after an 11-year-old boy went missing.
The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office reported that the boy went missing just before 6 p.m. Saturday along the Blue Earth River at Rapidan Dam Park, southwest of Mankato.
"The boy was swimming in the river with other children and was believed to have been pulled into deeper water by the current," the sheriff's office reported in a news release.
On Sunday evening, authorities identified the boy as Denis Funez of Madelia, Minn.
The search ended at sunset Saturday night and picked up again at 8 a.m. Sunday. Just before 6 p.m. Sunday, authorities reported that the search remained underway and would continue until dark — resuming Monday morning if necessary.
The Nicollet County Sheriff's Office, Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office, Rice County Sheriff's Office, Brown County Sheriff's Office, Lake Crystal Fire Department, Mankato Department of Public Safety, Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are assisting in the search. The park is closed while the search is underway.
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