SAINT BONIFACIUS, Minn. — The desperate search for a missing St. Bonifacius man is over after his body was found in his car Tuesday.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office confirmed Wednesday that the body was identified as 26-year-old Keegan Oyugi, who had been missing since mid-June.
A Facebook page set up to find the 26-year-old announced the news in a post around 1 p.m. Tuesday, and was later confirmed by Minnetrista police. "The family has met with Minnetrista Police Department and BCA and they have confirmed that the car found today was Keegan’s car and Keegan was identified as the only occupant in the car," read the post on the Find Keegan Oyugi page. "The Hennepin (County) Medical Examiner’s office has taken over for official identification."
The Minnetrista Public Safety Department later confirmed that the vehicle was Oyugi's car. Investigators said in a press release that the body inside matched Oyugi's description and the clothing he was believed to be wearing at the time of his disappearance.
First responders and recovery crews were on an active scene near the split of Highways 101 and 13 in Savage all Tuesday morning, and just before 2 p.m. SKY 11 captured the image of a bright red car under a tarp on a flatbed truck.
Oyugi's car was a red Ford Mustang, and the location is along one of the routes he would have taken home from Prior Lake early that morning.
Oyugi recently graduated from Crown College, where he played basketball. His family last heard from him Saturday, June 12 around 4 a.m. Investigators working the case believe he was leaving the Prior Lake area to return home to St. Bonifacius.
The State Patrol helicopter was called in to conduct an aerial search of several routes Oyugi may have taken that morning.
His family became dissatisfied with the resources available for Minnetrista police to investigate Oyugi's disappearance, and were public in demanding that the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office take over the case.
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