Missing Rochester man found dead
Jul. 18—BYRON — The Southeast Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner's Office identified Wade Gordon Jr. as the
deceased male located behind Byron City Hall
on Monday afternoon, July 17, 2023.
Gordon, 39, was
reported missing
on July 8 by the mother of his children. He was last seen leaving his Ornua workplace around 2 a.m. July 7. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said a video showed him leaving on foot on Voll Drive Northwest in Byron.
"It's unlike him to just go off the radar like this," Rochester Police Capt. Casey Moilanen said during a news conference in early July.
The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office recovered Gordon's body in the retention pond behind City Hall on Monday.
A Byron community member reported "suspicious circumstances" from "several nights ago in the nighttime hours," according to a statement from the Sheriff's Office.
Anyone with information that might help in the investigation is encouraged to call the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office at 507-328- 6800.
