Body found identified as Iowa woman

Published 9:27 am Wednesday, April 9, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota medical examiner has identified the body of a missing Iowa woman found in a rural area near Minneapolis.

The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office identified the body as that of 29-year-old Carrie Elaine Olson of Davenport, Iowa.

Olson was reported missing in Davenport. Her body was found Saturday evening in a vacant lot near Hastings in Dakota County.

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The medical examiner sasid the cause of her death is pending further investigation.