DULUTH — Drowning was cited as the preliminary cause of death for a 21-year-old University of Minnesota Duluth student whose body was pulled from the Minnesota Slip in Canal Park on Friday.
Jacob Lavoie, an Inver Grove Heights native, had been missing since early Sept. 1, when he was seen leaving Grandma’s Sports Garden and walking north toward downtown.
“The preliminary cause of death is drowning,” the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office reported Monday after conducting an autopsy. “Toxicology is pending.”
The Duluth Police Department and St. Louis County sheriff’s office are continuing to investigate the circumstances of Lavoie’s death.