4 Bodies Found In Minnesota Lake In Possible Triple Homicide

VADNAIS HEIGHTS, MN — Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and three children from Vadnais Lake after a search that began Friday evening, according to authorities.

One child was found at 7:30 p.m. Friday and another overnight. The mother was found around 10:40 a.m., and the last child was found shortly after, Ramsey County Sheriff's Office Undersheriff Mike Martin said at a news conference Saturday afternoon.

The body of the children's father was found late Friday morning in an apparent suicide by police at a home in Maplewood. Investigators determined the woman had left with the children, and the woman's car was found near the lake Friday afternoon, according to authorities.

The mother's cell phone data brought investigators to the lake, Martin said.

Two of the children were boys and the other a girl. The bodies were found along the east shore of the lake, and authorities are investigating the deaths as a triple homicide, Martin said. Authorities did not specify any links between the deaths in the lake and the father's death or which of the deaths were being investigated as homicides.

The names of the deceased are not being released, and the causes of death will be determined by the medical examiner, Martin said.

This story is being updated.