As Search for Mandy Matula Continues, Outdoor Enthusiasts Asked to Be on the Lookout

For more than four months, the Eden Prairie Police Department has been working with several local, state and federal agencies to find 24-year-old Mandy Marie Matula, who went missing May 1 in the city.

Now, with fall approaching, police are asking that outdoor enthusiasts and hunters be mindful of the ongoing case, and to be on the lookout.

Matula was last seen with David Marshall Roe, her ex-boyfriend, on the evening of May 1 in Eden Prairie. Roe, who was the primary person of interest in the case, took his own life prior to police questioning. 

The following is an excerpt from a police release regarding the ongoing search:

Multiple searches have been conducted by land, air and water in targeted areas surrounding Eden Prairie and northward along the Mississippi River toward Stearns County.

Evidence in the case has indicated a span along the Mississippi River, from the Sartell Dam northward toward the Mississippi River County Park, as a strong area of interest. Law enforcement searches of this area have utilized K-9 resources, underwater sonar detection and remote operating vehicles with deep water cameras.

As the Mississippi River and the wooded river banks in Stearns and Benton counties remain strong areas of interest, Eden Prairie Police are reminding the public – especially the many outdoor enthusiasts headed to these areas during the fall hunting season – to be mindful of this continuing investigation.

Anyone with information that may lead to Matula’s whereabouts is asked to call the Eden Prairie police at 952-949-6200.

No further information about the investigation is available at this time, according to the release. Future updates will be posted at edenprairie.org/missingperson.

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