Body of a missing Somali woman found in the river

[Dicemoney]

Minneapolis, MN, May 25, 2006 – The Body of a missing Somali woman surfaced in the Mississippi River on Monday, authorities said.

26-year-old Su'di Bashir Abdi went missing from her family's apartment in the Riverside high rises on the night of May eight. Several hours later, Minneapolis Police received a call from a man at Washington Bridge who reported a woman nose diving into the river.

Using sonar-enabled boats and other high tech equipment, authorities have been since searching Abdi but never found her. Family and friends have been also helping the search along the shoreline. A pair of shoe, thought to belong to her, was discovered near the river.

At about 3:00 p.m. Monday, authorities spotted a body that surfaced near St. Paul railroad bridge in the 800 block of W. Water Street .

Autopsy results show that Abdi died of freshwater drowning, the Ramsey County medical examiner revealed Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said no foul play is suspected at this time.

Abdi was an ambitious medical student at Hofstra University in New York . She flew to Minneapolis on the eve of her disappearance. Family and friends say she was stressed with school.

Abdirahman Aynte can be reached at Ceynte@hiiraan.com

Source:http://www.somalilandtimes.net/sl/2005/227/04.shtml

[surria]

Allaha ya raxma, i hope that she was pushed rather than a suicide.

[Gacalisa]

whats the difference either ways she is dead.

[surria]

[quote="Gacalisa"]whats the difference either ways she is dead.[/quote]

the difference matter to her soul: suicide is a sin in Islam, sis.

[Gacalisa]

True.