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body of a missing 2-year-old girl was recovered early Tuesday afternoon

 in water adjacent to the city’s Rosland Park.

Officials had been searching for Iklas Abdullahi Ahmed, who had wandered away from her family during a park outing Monday afternoon. Authorities said she was at the park with her father and siblings and wandered off when her father took another child to the bathroom.

Authorities launched a search for the girl lasting overnight Monday into Tuesday that involved more than 150 people at one point. On Tuesday morning, police noted the girl was autistic and nonverbal and that she had an attraction to water. 

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Officials had been searching for 2-year-old Iklas Abdullahi Ahmed, who’d wandered away from her family during a park outing Monday afternoon. Edina police Tuesday afternoon said a water rescue team located the girl’s body in water adjacent to Rosland Park.

Edina police: Toddler's body recovered from water by Rosland Park

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