FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED
CHILDREN ARE ASSISTING IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
A TWIN CITIES FAMILY IS
WAITING FOR ANSWERS AFTER THE
BODIES OF TWO YOUNG WOMEN WERE
FOUND IN A POND IN CHASKA
YESTERDAY.
THE TWO WENT MISSING EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING.
TODAY A MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID
THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS
ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.
THE CAR THEY WERE IN WAS PULLED
OUT OF A POND OFF OF HIGHWAY 41
ON SUNDAY EVENING.
ANGELA DAVIS TALKED WITH FAMILY
MEMBERS AT THE SCENE.
Reporter: I AM STANDING
WHERE THE FIRST CLUE TO WHAT
HAPPENED TO THOSE TWO YOUNG
WOMEN WAS FOUND.
YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE MUD AND
IN THE GRASS TIRE TRACKS THAT
INDICATE A CAR WENT OFF OF
HIGHWAY 41 AND INTO THAT POND.
THEY WERE COUSINS, BEST FRIENDS
AND STUDENTS AT NORMANDALE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BOTH WORKED
OVERNIGHT AT THE CHASKA HEIGHTS
SENIOR LIVING FACILITY AND DANA
WHO WENT BY THE NICKNAME HOPSA
IN SHAKOPEE.
SATURDAY MORNING THEY DECIDED
TO MEET DURING THEIR BREAKS AS
AS THEY DROVE -- AND AS THEY
DROVE TOGETHER ON HIGHWAY 41,
SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT SENT
THEIR CAR INTO A POND WHERE
THEY DIED TOGETHER.
WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS NOTHING BUT A VERY
SAD TRAGEDY, A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
AND WE ARE VERY SORRY FOR ALL
THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED
ONES.
Reporter: FAMILY MEMBERS ARE
STRUGGLING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT
ALL.
ESPECIALLY THE MAMAS, BOTH
MAMAS ARE IN A TOUGH TIME.
THEY ARE IN A VERY TOUGH TIME.
IT COULD BE AN ACCIDENT.
IT COULD BE SOMEBODY WAS
FOLLOWING THEM AND THEY WAS
RUNNING OFF FROM THAT PERSON.
IT COULD BE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
Reporter: FRIENDS SAY THEY
ADMIRED THEIR SPIRIT AND
AMBITION.
FULL OF DREAMS, HARD
WORKERS, VERY CARING, BEAUTIFUL
ANGELS.
LIVES CUT SO SHORT.
WE ARE IN DISBELIEF.
Reporter: INVESTIGATORS FROM
SHAKOPEE POLICE AND CHASKA
POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE
WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY ARE STUDYING EVIDENCE
COLLECTED HERE AT THE SCENE TO
GET A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT
HAPPENED.
ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO 4 NEWS.
FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THE
POLICE TOLD THEM A 911 CALL WAS
MADE FROM A CELL PHONE OF ONE
OF THE WOMEN.
THEY SAY THAT A WOMAN'S VOICE
COULD BE HEARD SAYING HELP ME
BEFORE THE CALL DISCONNECTED
AND THE SIGNAL WAS LOST.
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