Daniel Zamlen, 18,[Body Found] 4-5-09 St. Paul, MN

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Search is on for missing University of St. Thomas student

Updated: 04/05/2009 06:45:46 PM CDT

The family of a missing University of St. Thomas freshman stood atop the bluffs of the Mississippi River in St. Paul this afternoon, hopeful that Daniel Zamlen would be found alive.

Students, family and police had been searching for hours today along the river near St. Clair Avenue, but as of 6:15 p.m., Zamlen, 18, was still missing.

"Where is he?" asked his 17-year-old sister, Andrea Zamlen, who began to cry before being comforted by her father.

"I don't believe he was down here by the river, we walked it enough, unless he's in some nook and cranny," said his father, Dale Zamlen. "I hope he's in the community somewhere."

Daniel Zamlen had been talking to a friend on his cell phone about 3 a.m. today when the phone went dead, said university spokesman Jim Winterer. It's believed Zamlen was near St. Clair Avenue.

Zamlen, a finance and business major at the university, had been at a party in the area earlier in the evening.

"Something bothered him at the party and he left," said his father, who added his son has type-one diabetes and knows he should not be drinking alcohol.

"We where unaware these types of things were going on," his father said. "When he was in high school, he did everything — sport of the season, Eagle Scout. He's a good role model. He's a way above average student."

Zamlen graduated last year from Virginia High School in Virginia, Minn.

A police helicopter searched the bluffs along the river this morning, said St. Paul police spokesman Pete Panos. Falling snow grounded an earlier search.
"We've been trying to talk to his friends to see what he might have been doing," he said.

Dale Zamlen, an electrician, said a school official called him about 8:30 this morning with the news that his son was missing.

"We were up having coffee and looking to start our day," he said. The family drove down from their home in Eveleth immediately.

"I was down here as quick as I could from my house, and when he got here we talked to the kids, and they were in tears, and I told them: you did the best that you could," Dale Zamlen said.

St. Thomas freshmen Samantha Dooner, 19, and Hillary Jameson, 18, were taping missing person fliers on poles along the boulevard this afternoon. They had met Zamlen this past fall.

"He'd be the last person to walk off," said Dooner, who added Zamlen is someone with a great sense of humor who goes out of his way to great everyone. "You wouldn't expect this out of him."

St. Thomas used its emergency notification system for the first time in its history about noon today to alert students, faculty and staff to Zamlen's disappearance.

He's described as being 6 feet tall and 175 pounds. He has blue eyes and blond hair, and was last seen wearing blue jeans and a blue jacket.

The university is asking that anyone with any information call its public safety department's emergency line at 651-962-5555.

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[Faith]

St. Thomas student missing after call abruptly ends

Freshman Dan Zamlen was reported missing early today by a friend who last spoke with him via cell phone as he walked along Mississippi River Boulevard near St. Clair Avenue.

Last update: April 5, 2009 - 5:20 PM

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Dan Zamlen

As family members, friends and authorities searched this afternoon for a diabetic University of St. Thomas student who was last heard from at about 3 a.m. as he walked along the Mississippi River in St. Paul, family and friends gathered, tearful but hopeful that he will be found safe.

Daniel Zamlen, a freshman from Eveleth, Minn., who will turn 19 on Wednesday, was reported missing early today by a friend who spoke with him via phone as he walked along Mississippi River Boulevard near St. Clair Avenue, said university spokesman Jim Winterer. As they spoke, Zamlen made an exclamation, then was heard from no more, family members said.

On Sunday afternoon, his parents, Dale and Sally Zamlen, and several friends from Eveleth and St. Thomas gathered near the spot where he was last heard from, a trail next to a grassy area next to a sharp, wooded slope.

Police were interviewing people who know Zamlen, who lives in Brady Residence Hall, but no broad police search was underway as of 4:30 p.m. Police spokesman Pete Panos said police have no reason to suspect foul play and that as an adult, Zamlen has the right to be out of touch.

Family and friends had combed the area with no results, and a Minnesota State Patrol made passes over the area. Just before 5 p.m., St. Paul Fire Department vehicles arrived at the scene, apparently to extend the search.

Sally Zamlen said friends told her that her son was talking to them on his cell phone and the friends had just told him they'd come and pick him up. "Then they heard, 'Oh my God, oh my God,' so we think he fell," she said.

Dale Zamlen said friends said his son was at a party and left possibly upset about something, but it was not known what.

Nearby, Zamlen's sister, Andrea, 17, sobbed. "He's my big brother, and I just want him to come home," she said.

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[AmyE]

Police search near Mississippi for missing St. Thomas student

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St. Paul Police spent Sunday searching by ground and air for a missing University of St. Thomas student.

Police said 18-year-old Dan Zamlen was last seen walking home around 3 a.m. Sunday near the Mississippi River. They said he was talking with a friend on the phone when the phone went silent.

Zamlen's sister told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS right before the phone went dead her brother said 'I'm slipping. I'm slipping'.

Investigators said Zamlen has Type I Diabetes and the longer he's without insulin the worse this situation could be.

Zamlen's 19th birthday is just three days away.

"You know you always see it on the news, college kid missing, or some little kid, you feel bad for the family, this is the last thing I ever thought I'd deal with," said his younger sister, Andrea Zamlen. "He's Type I diabetic. He was drinking. He could be at a low. He has an Omni Pod attached to his body but he needs to be coherent enough to type it all in."

Police said Zamlen went to a party Saturday night on St. Clair Avenue. His sister told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the St. Thomas freshman left on his own. She said something made him angry and he wanted to cool off. She said he'd been drinking, but would never wander for so long .

"This is not like Dan. There's something wrong if he's not coming home or answering his phone," said Andrea Zamlen.

The State Patrol helicopter made low passes along the river searching for any sign of him Sunday. Firefighters climbed down the Mississippi bank. Friends are showing pictures and posting flyers hoping to find Zamlen.


Zamlen is from Eveleth and lives in Brady Hall. He is described as 6 feet tall, 175 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue jacket and jeans.

Anyone with information is asked to call St. Paul Police or University of St. Thomas Public Safety Department at (651) 962-5555.

http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S866897.shtml?cat=10728

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College student, white male, Minnesota, left a party, drinking, walking home, disappeared...

Pray this young man is found safe.

[sarahhod]

St. Thomas student vanishes, family fears for teen's safety

After distress call, a daylong search turns up no signs of teen diabetic who relies on an insulin pump

By Andy Rathbun and Nick Ferraro
arathbun@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 04/06/2009 12:33:09 AM CDT



"Oh, my God. Where are you? Help."
And then the phone went dead.
That was the last a friend heard from University of St. Thomas freshman Daniel Zamlen before he went missing early Sunday along the Mississippi River in St. Paul.
Zamlen, 18, had not been found by late Sunday, despite an exhaustive search by police, students, neighbors and family of the area around St. Clair Avenue and Mississippi River Boulevard — his last known whereabouts.
"Where is he?" asked his 17-year-old sister, Andrea Zamlen, who began to cry before being comforted by her father at the search site.
"I don't believe he's down here by the river — we walked it enough — unless he's in some nook and cranny," said his father, Dale Zamlen. "I hope he's in the community somewhere."
There were worries that Zamlen, a type-1 diabetic, was somewhere in a coma. He wears an insulin pump that, though automatic, requires adjustments depending on what he's doing.
Zamlen is described as 6 feet tall and 175 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a blue jacket.
Early Sunday, Zamlen had been drinking at a party in the 2100 block of St. Clair Avenue in St. Paul when he became upset and left. Friends Anna Chappuis and Sarah Nelson — the last people to talk to Zamlen — wouldn't say what had upset him.
"We didn't even know he was gone," said Nelson, 18, who learned Zamlen was near the river when he called her at about 2:20 a.m. looking for a ride and giving his location. Chappuis, 20, was on the phone with Zamlen and on her way to pick him up when she said she heard him say those last words just before his phone cut out. Earlier, Zamlen had told Chappuis he saw headlights, and she told him to follow them.
About 2:30 a.m., when Chappuis and Nelson failed to find Zamlen, they called police. Officers searched the area and found footprints in the snow heading north along the boulevard.
"We kind of figured he walked away or someone came and picked him up," said St. Paul police spokesman Peter Panos of the initial search.
But after no one heard from Zamlen through the morning, concerns about his health began to build, and a more extensive search began that included a helicopter with heat-detecting technology.
Dale Zamlen, an electrician, said a school official called him about 8:30 a.m. Sunday with the news that his son was missing.
"We were up having coffee and looking to start our day," he said. The family immediately drove from their home in Eveleth, in northern Minnesota.
"I was down here as quick as I could from my house, and when we got here, we talked to the kids, and they were in tears, and I told them: 'You did
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the best that you could,' " Dale Zamlen said. His son typically would contact him two or three times a day by phone or text message, Zamlen said. Daniel Zamlen knows he shouldn't have been drinking alcohol, his father said.
"We were unaware these types of things were going on," his father said. "When he was in high school, he did everything — sport of the season, Eagle Scout. He's a good role model. He's a way-aboveaverage student."
Zamlen graduated last year from Virginia High School in Virginia, Minn.
St. Thomas freshmen Samantha Dooner, 19, and Hillary Jameson, 18, were taping missing-person fliers on poles along the boulevard Sunday afternoon. They met Zamlen this past fall.
"He'd be the last person to walk off," said Dooner, adding that Zamlen has a great sense of humor and goes out of his way to greet everyone. "You wouldn't expect this out of him."
Zamlen's mother, Sally Zamlen, asked neighbors to comb the area to look for her son.
"Look in every corner of your yard that you normally don't go to," she told them. "I'm sure he's probably in a coma right now because he's a diabetic."
Jim McGowan, 50, heard about the search and had been looking for four hours along the bluffs, which police are advising against for safety reasons.
McGowan, of St. Paul, has a 22-year-old son with type-1 diabetes.
"This feels really personal," McGowan said. "My son just went through four years of college, and this was our nightmare — obviously, every parent's nightmare."
St. Thomas used its emergency-notification system about noon Sunday to, for the first time in its history, text-message students, faculty and staff about Zamlen's disappearance. E-mail also was sent.
The university is asking anyone with any information about Zamlen's whereabouts to call its public safety department's emergency line at 651-962-5555.
Andy Rathbun can be reached at 651-228-2121. Nick Ferraro can be reached at 651-228-2173.


http://www.twincities.com/ci_12079744?source=most_emailed

[sarahhod]

Despite search, St. Thomas student remains missing

By CHAO XIONG (http://www.startribune.com/bios/10646266.html), Star Tribune

Last update: April 5, 2009 - 9:40 PM


Sally Zamlen trudged relentlessly through the slick mud of St. Paul's Mississippi River bluffs Sunday afternoon, looking for her missing son among the jagged rock and leafless trees.
"Buddy, you gotta find Dan," she said to the family's black lab as her son's friends guided her along dangerously steep paths veined with gnarled roots. "Where is he?"
Dan Zamlen, a University of St. Thomas freshman, was reported missing Sunday by friends who spoke with him by cell phone at about 2:30 a.m. Zamlen, who turns 19 on Wednesday, told the friends he was walking on St. Clair Avenue toward Mississippi River Boulevard S. He had left a house party after getting into a verbal dispute, said St. Paul police spokesman Pete Panos.
After leaving the party without telling his friends, Zamlen spoke via cell phone with friends Anna Chappuis and Sarah Nelson, fellow St. Thomas students who also had attended the party. Zamlen had been drinking, although he shouldn't because he has Type I diabetes, said friends and family members.
Nelson said Zamlen's tone concerned her, so she asked Chappuis to pick him up.
Chappuis said she pleaded with him: "Where are you going? Let's just go back to my house."
But Zamlen was still upset, and the conversation "took a really bad turn," Chappuis recalled Sunday as dozens of family members and friends mobilized to search for him.
Chappuis, who lives nearby, drove toward the Mississippi River, pleading with Zamlen to look for her car headlights. "The last thing I heard was, 'Oh my gosh, Anna, where are you? Help!'" Chappuis said.
Zamlen's voice grew distant as he said those last few words, as if he were moving away from his cell phone, she said. Then the phone cut out. Family members and friends said it rang unanswered for several hours afterward before going straight to voicemail, indicating that its battery was dead.
Friends refused to reveal what upset the Eveleth, Minn., native, but said it was not an extraordinary disagreement.
It's unclear where he was going when he disappeared. Britta Bloomquist, a friend from Virginia, Minn., said he may have been walking to the University of Minnesota to meet friends from the Iron Range.
By noon Sunday, news of his disappearance had been text-messaged and e-mailed to St. Thomas students, faculty and staff via the university's emergency notification system.
Against police recommendations, friends and family members searched the bluffs from 3 a.m. into late afternoon. Police did not send anyone into the bluff area to conduct a search until about 4:30 p.m. Panos said Zamlen is a grown man whose lack of contact doesn't rise to the level of concern as a missing child.
Foot searches, aerial sweeps of the river by a helicopter armed with heat-detecting technology and a search by the St. Paul Fire Department yielded no clues. Police found footprints leading away from the river at St. Clair and Mississippi River Boulevard, but it's unclear if they were Zamlen's, Panos said.
Zamlen's parents, sister and friends drove to St. Paul from the Iron Range, arriving with optimism that he would be found. His mother carried a bottle of orange juice, noting that her son has diabetes and is likely suffering from low blood sugar, which makes him irritable, drowsy and confused.
"I just want to get to him," she said. "He needs to be warm and dry and safe."
"He's my big brother and I want him to come home," said his 17-year-old sister, Andrea, as she burst into tears.
Family members are concerned that although Zamlen is attached to an OmniPod that injects insulin, he needs medical attention because he could be low on insulin supply or so disoriented by low blood sugar that he can't appropriately work the device.
Searchers broke up into groups: one group trekked along the bluffs upriver, another made fliers, another described Dan to drivers and runners, and after a nearby resident noted that people who drown in the river are typically found far downriver, his mother, roommate, friend and dog took off south of where Zamlen was last known to be.
"He's just a very good kid," said his roommate, Todd Gleason. "Well-rounded."
Friends and family members said Zamlen wants to study business law. He participated in several sports in high school in Virginia, where he also was editor of Generation W newspaper,, volunteered at his Catholic church and was an Eagle Scout. "He was a good role model," said his father, Dale Zamlen. "I should say, 'He is a good role model.' "
Gleason said it's unusual for Zamlen not to call if he isn't going to return to their dorm room in Brady Residence Hall. Friends said he wouldn't ignore their phone calls, even if he were mad.
"We looked in the culverts," his father said. "We looked in the trees. I hope he's in the community, in someone's home. I don't really believe he's in the river."
Zamlen is 6 feet 1 and 175 pounds; he has blue eyes and dark blond hair. He was last seen wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans, a striped polo shirt and Doc Martin shoes. He was carrying a black Iphone and his green OmniPod.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the university's public safety department at 651-962-5555.
Chao Xiong • 612-673-4391


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[sarahhod]

Monday, April 6, 2009
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Search continues today for freshman Daniel Zamlen


The search continues today for a University of St. Thomas freshman who has been missing since early Sunday, April 5.
The student, Daniel Zamlen, has not been heard from since he was talking to friends on his cell phone at about 3 a.m. Sunday. At the time, Zamlen was believed to have been walking along Mississippi River Boulevard near St. Clair Avenue.
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Daniel Zamlen Father Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas, asked the community to pray for Daniel and his friends and family.
St. Thomas' Emergency Notification System was used to send a text message to all students, staff and faculty Sunday morning. The short message said the university is attempting to locate Zamlen and anyone with information is asked to contact the university's Public Safety Department at (651) 962-5555. A Bulletin Update also was e-mailed to the university community.
Police, a search and rescue team, and a state helicopter conducted two searches of the area Sunday. At 6 p.m. the police announced that no trace of Zamlen had been found in the area along Mississippi River Boulevard, but the search for him would continue.
Because Zamlen is a diabetic, his family also is concerned that he might need medical attention.
More than 100 St. Thomas students, along with friends and members of Zamlen's family, walked through the neighborhood yesterday afternoon and evening searching for him. Another large group of students, using flashlights, searched the St. Thomas campus Sunday night. Another thorough search of the campus is being conducted today.
St. Paul Police emphasized that students should not search the steep banks and bluffs along the river. The bluffs are especially slippery at this time of the year and the river is swollen because of spring runoff.
Zamlen, 18, is from Eveleth and lives in the Brady Residence Hall. He is the son of Dale and Sally Zamlen.
Members of Campus Ministry, Personal Counseling, Dean of Students Office, Vice President for Student Affairs Office, Public Safety and Residence Life have been staffing a relief room that was created yesterday in Murray-Herrick Campus Center for Zamlen's family and friends.
Members of the St. Thomas community who would like support or assistance in dealing with Zamlen’s disappearance are welcome to contact Campus Ministry, (651) 962-6560, or Personal Counseling, (651) 962-6780.
Campus Ministry has set up a spot in the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas where people are welcome to come and pray for Zamlen. A vigil candle will remain burning at the side altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Cleveland Avenue side of the chapel.

http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200915/Monday/CrisisPlan4_6_09.cfm

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From above link, "Chappuis, who lives nearby, drove toward the Mississippi River, pleading with Zamlen to look for her car headlights. "The last thing I heard was, 'Oh my gosh, Anna, where are you? Help!'" Chappuis said.
Zamlen's voice grew distant as he said those last few words, as if he were moving away from his cell phone, she said. Then the phone cut out."

This is really scary.

[sarahhod]

Family, students helping as search for St. Thomas student missing near river

By Andy Rathbun, Nick Ferraro and Mara H. Gottfried
mgottfried@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 04/06/2009 10:31:21 AM CDT

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The search is continuing today for missing University of St. Thomas freshman Daniel Zamlen.
Students are in the neighborhood along the Mississippi River in St. Paul, where Zamlen was last known to be, and on campus, "looking anywhere they can think to look," Jim Winterer, St. Thomas spokesman, said this morning.
Zamlen, 18, was last heard from early Sunday. He had been on the phone with a friend when he said, "Oh, my God. Where are you? Help." And then the phone went dead.
There was an exhaustive search by police, students, neighbors and family of the area around St. Clair Avenue and Mississippi River Boulevard — Zamlen's last known whereabouts — on Sunday.
The Ramsey County sheriff's office water patrol was at the river Sunday, but didn't go on the water, said Holli Drinkwine, sheriff's office spokeswoman.
"The water is so high and the current is so fast right now, it is extremely dangerous to put people out on the river," she said today.
But if St. Paul Police pinpoint a spot for the water patrol to search or ask for their help, they'll be ready to go, Drinkwine said.
On Sunday, there were worries that Zamlen, a type-1 diabetic, was somewhere in a coma. He wears an insulin pump that, though automatic, requires adjustments depending on what he's doing.
"Everyone is just very much on edge and concerned and full of questions," Winterer said. "I think students are happy to help. There is a sense of questions and no answers. We're http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-e4m3Yko6bFYVc.gif?labels=NewsAndReference,CultureA ndSocietyhoping and praying that we'll hear some news soon." A spot has been set up at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas on campus where people are invited to pray for Zamlen, Winterer said.
A "relief room," staffed with counselors and clergy, has also been established on campus for Zamlen's family, friends and people involved in the search, Winterer said.
Zamlen's 17-year-old sister, Andrea Zamlen, asked Sunday, "Where is he?" She began to cry before being comforted by her father at the
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search site. "I don't believe he's down here by the river — we walked it enough — unless he's in some nook and cranny," said his father, Dale Zamlen. "I hope he's in the community somewhere."
Zamlen is described as 6 feet tall and 175 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a blue jacket.
Early Sunday, Zamlen had been drinking at a party in the 2100 block of St. Clair Avenue in St. Paul when he became upset and left. Friends Anna Chappuis and Sarah Nelson — the last people to talk to Zamlen — wouldn't say what had upset him.
"We didn't even know he was gone," said Nelson, 18, who learned Zamlen was near the river when he called her at about 2:20 a.m. looking
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Daniel Zamlen's mother, Sally, left, is comforted by an unidentified woman, center has her husband Dale, right, stands by while people continue to search for him in St. Paul, Minn. Sunday, April 4, 2009. Zamlen had been talking to a friend on his cell phone about 3 a.m. Sunday when the phone went dead, said university spokesman Jim Winterer. It's believed Zamlen was near St. Clair Avenue. (Pioneer Press: Brandi Jade Thomas) (BJT)


for a ride and giving his location. Chappuis, 20, was on the phone with Zamlen and on her way to pick him up when she said she heard him say those last words just before his phone cut out. Earlier, Zamlen had told Chappuis he saw headlights, and she told him to follow them.
About 2:30 a.m., when Chappuis and Nelson failed to find Zamlen, they called police. Officers searched the area and found footprints in the snow heading north along the boulevard.
"We kind of figured he walked away or someone came and picked him up," said St. Paul police spokesman Peter Panos of the initial search.
But after no one heard from Zamlen through the morning, concerns about his health began to build, and a more extensive search began that included a helicopter with heat-detecting technology.
Dale Zamlen, an electrician, said a school official called him about 8:30 a.m. Sunday with the news that his son was missing.
"We were up having coffee and looking to start our day," he said. The family immediately drove from their home in Eveleth, in northern Minnesota.
"I was down here as quick as I could from my house, and when we got here, we talked to the kids, and they were in tears, and I told them: 'You did the best that you could,' " Dale Zamlen said.
His son typically would contact him two or three times a day by phone or text message, Zamlen said. Daniel Zamlen knows he shouldn't have been drinking alcohol, his father said.
"We were unaware these types of things were going on," his father said. "When he was in high school, he did everything — sport of the season, Eagle Scout. He's a good role model. He's a way-above average student."
Zamlen graduated last year from Virginia High School in Virginia, Minn.
More than 100 students helped with the search Sunday, Winterer said. St. Thomas freshmen Samantha Dooner, 19, and Hillary Jameson, 18, were taping missing-person fliers on poles along the boulevard Sunday afternoon. They met Zamlen this past fall.
"He'd be the last person to walk off," said Dooner, adding that Zamlen has a great sense of humor and goes out of his way to greet everyone. "You wouldn't expect this out of him."
Zamlen's mother, Sally Zamlen, asked neighbors to comb the area to look for her son.
"Look in every corner of your yard that you normally don't go to," she told them. "I'm sure he's probably in a coma right now because he's a diabetic."
Jim McGowan, 50, heard about the search and had been looking for four hours along the bluffs, which police are advising against for safety reasons.
McGowan, of St. Paul, has a 22-year-old son with type-1 diabetes.
"This feels really personal," McGowan said. "My son just went through four years of college, and this was our nightmare — obviously, every parent's nightmare."
St. Thomas used its emergency-notification system about noon Sunday to, for the first time in its history, text-message students, faculty and staff about Zamlen's disappearance. E-mail also was sent.
The university is asking anyone with any information about Zamlen's whereabouts to call its public safety department's emergency line at 651-962-5555.


http://www.twincities.com/ci_12078105

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Search continues for missing St. Thomas student
By PAUL WALSH and CHAO XIONG, Star Tribune Staff Writers
Last update: April 6, 2009 - 12:14 PM

Students from the University of St. Thomas are out by the dozens today, looking for one of their own who has been missing since early Sunday after drinking at a party.

Freshman Daniel Zamlen, 18, was reported missing about 2:30 Sunday morning by friends who spoke with him by cell phone. Zamlen, who turns 19 on Wednesday, told the friends he was walking on St. Clair Avenue toward Mississippi River Boulevard S. He had left a party after getting into an argument, said St. Paul police spokesman Pete Panos.

A bloodhound from neighboring Hennepin County was brought this morning to a duplex where the party was held and was then led down St. Clair Avenue toward the river. A helicopter is expected to join the search later today, said St. Paul Police Sgt. Paul Schnell.

Schnell said officers spoke with some young men at the duplex, but there is still no clarification on what happened while Zamlen was there or where he might have gone.

Zamlen had been drinking, although he shouldn't because he has Type I diabetes, said friends and family members.

"The search continues," St. Thomas spokesman Jim Winterer said this morning. "Students are combing through the neighborhoods [near the river] and the campus."

Ramsey County's water patrol is not in the river this morning, said spokeswoman Holli Drinkwine, because the conditions now are too dangerous.

"This river is moving very quickly and is very high," Drinkwine said this morning. She said that the patrol is on standby and will respond to any request for help from St. Paul police.

Winterer said that "every minute that goes by [the situation] gets scarier. People are just baffled right now, simply baffled."

Friends refused to reveal what upset the Eveleth, Minn., native, but they said it was not an extraordinary disagreement.

Foot searches, aerial sweeps of the river by a helicopter with heat-detecting technology and a search by the St. Paul Fire Department have yielded no clues.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the university's Public Safety Department at 651-962-5555.

Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482

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[packy]

I wonder how close the banks are to the River boulevard. This reminds me of Brandon Swanson's case in which he was also on a cell phone and it ended abruptly.

Sending my prayers out for Daniel and his family.

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I wonder how close the banks are to the River boulevard. This reminds me of Brandon Swanson's case in which he was also on a cell phone and it ended abruptly.

Sending my prayers out for Daniel and his family.


Chris Jenkins ended up in the Mississipi river http://kstp.com/article/stories/S421846.shtml

[sarahhod]

St. Paul / Second day of search for student proves fruitless

Police urging volunteers to stay off slippery river embankments

By Mara H. Gottfried and Tad Vezner
Pioneer Press
Updated: 04/07/2009 12:29:28 AM CDT

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A memorial at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas on the University of St. Thomas campus is serving as a prayer site for family, friends and fellow students of Daniel Zamlen, 18, who vanished after a party early Sunday. (Scott Takushi: Pioneer Press)



Hundreds of University of St. Thomas students, a bloodhound and a helicopter helped to search Monday for a University of St. Thomas freshman who disappeared after a party in a St. Paul neighborhood two nights earlier.
Just before 8 p.m., as the sun was setting and the search was wrapping up for the evening, police said they had turned up nothing.
Daniel Zamlen, 18, of Eveleth, Minn., was last heard from about 2:20 a.m. Sunday, when he made a cell phone call to a friend stating, "Oh, my God. Where are you? Help," before his phone went dead.
Authorities traced the call to the corner of Mississippi River Boulevard and St. Clair Avenue in St. Paul, several blocks from a party on St. Clair that Zamlen had just left.
His family's concerns grew when they learned that Zamlen, a Type 1 diabetic who relies on an insulin pump, reportedly had been drinking at the party.
Since early Sunday morning, about 550 students from St. Thomas have scoured the residential neighborhood along the Mississippi River. By Monday evening, they had completed a search of a two-mile radius from the corner where Zamlen placed his last phone call.
St. Thomas and St. Paul police have asked searchers to stay off the river's steep wooded bluffs.
"It's really slippery," said Jim Winterer, St. Thomas spokesman. "We don't want to compound the situation."
A bloodhound from the Hennepin County sheriff's office attempted to track Zamlen, starting at a duplex where the teen attended the
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party before he disappeared, said St. Paul police Sgt. Paul Schnell. A Minnesota State Patrol helicopter, which was part of the search Sunday, took to the air again Monday, Schnell said.
St. Thomas is organizing students, faculty and staff in searches, and students are being discouraged from skipping classes, Winterer said. They're "looking anywhere they can think to look," he said.
After being inundated with calls Sunday, Zamlen's family asked Monday to be left alone by the news
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media. But they also asked residents of the area to look around their properties, in places where they wouldn't normally go, believing Zamlen could be in a diabetic coma in an isolated area. The Ramsey County sheriff's office water patrol was at the river Sunday but didn't go on the water, spokeswoman Holli Drinkwine said.
"The water is so high and the current is so fast right now, it is extremely dangerous to put people out on the river," she said Monday.
But if St. Paul police pinpoint a spot for the water patrol to search or ask for their help, they'll be ready to go, Drinkwine said.
"Everyone is just very much on edge and concerned and full of questions," Winterer said. "I think students are happy to help. There is a sense of questions and no answers. We're hoping and praying that we'll hear some news soon."
A spot has been set up at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas on campus where people are invited to pray for Zamlen, Winterer said.
A "relief room," staffed with counselors and clergy, also has been established on campus for Zamlen's family, friends and people involved in the search, Winterer said.



http://www.twincities.com/ci_12086413

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 [/URL]
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More than 550 students join search for freshman Daniel Zamlen


The University of St. Thomas community searched and prayed yesterday for Daniel Zamlen, a freshman who has been missing since early Sunday, April 5.
Zamlen has not been heard from since he was talking to friends on his cell phone at about 3 a.m. Sunday. At the time, he was believed to have been walking along Mississippi River Boulevard near St. Clair Avenue.
Because Zamlen is a diabetic and uses an insulin pump, his family is concerned that he might need medical attention. The weather since his disappearance has been harsh; it snowed the first night and has been cold and windy since.
Yesterday more than 550 St. Thomas students, along with Zamlen's friends and family from northern Minnesota, conducted a grid-by-grid search of the area for any sign of the student. The search initially focused on the neighborhood within a mile from where Zamlen was last seen; as the day wore on, the search was expanded to a two-mile radius.
St. Thomas students responded by the hundreds to a call for volunteers posted on the UST Cares Web site. They showed up at the Fireside Room of Koch Commons, which served as search headquarters, and were sent out in large groups to cover assigned areas.
The campus community is encouraged to check the UST Cares Web site (http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/bulletintoday.cfm) for information about Zamlen. You can reach the page by clicking the button at the bottom of the St. Thomas home page (http://www.stthomas.edu/). The Web site notes that the investigation continues, but student volunteers for neighborhood searches are not needed at this time.
While the students conducted their yard-by-yard search, city, county and state authorities yesterday resumed and expanded their search along the banks of the Mississippi. A state helicopter that searched the area twice on Sunday returned Monday and searched a larger area. Also on Monday, bloodhounds and other search dogs were used to check the paths and bluffs overlooking the river while a county water patrol boat checked the shoreline below.
Police and St. Thomas officials continue to emphasize that students should not search the steep banks and bluffs along the river. They are especially slippery at this time of the year and the river is swollen because of spring runoff.
Father Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas, has asked the community to continue to pray for Daniel and his friends and family. Campus Ministry on Monday set up a spot in the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas where people are welcome to come and pray for Zamlen. A vigil candle will remain burning at the side altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Cleveland side of the chapel.
As announced to the campus community on Sunday, anyone with information is asked to contact the university's Public Safety Department at (651) 962-5555. A Bulletin Update also was e-mailed to the university community.
Zamlen, who will turn 19 tomorrow, is from Eveleth and lives in the Brady Residence Hall. He is the son of Dale and Sally Zamlen. In interviews yesterday, Dale Zamlen asked St. Paul homeowners in the area to check their yards, garages and unlocked cars for any sign of his son.
Members of Campus Ministry, Personal Counseling, Dean of Students Office, Vice President for Student Affairs Office, Public Safety, and Campus and Residence Life have continued to staff a support room in Murray-Herrick Campus Center for Zamlen's family and friends.
Members of the St. Thomas community who would like support or assistance in dealing with Zamlen’s disappearance are welcome to contact Campus Ministry, (651) 962-6560, or Personal Counseling, (651) 962-6780.

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"Oh, my God. Where are you? Help."
And then the phone went dead.
Early Sunday, Zamlen had been drinking at a party in the 2100 block of St. Clair Avenue in St. Paul when he became upset and left. Friends Anna Chappuis and Sarah Nelson — the last people to talk to Zamlen — wouldn't say what had upset him.
"We didn't even know he was gone," said Nelson, 18, who learned Zamlen was near the river when he called her at about 2:20 a.m. looking for a ride and giving his location. Chappuis, 20, was on the phone with Zamlen and on her way to pick him up when she said she heard him say those last words just before his phone cut out. Earlier, Zamlen had told Chappuis he saw headlights, and she told him to follow them.
About 2:30 a.m., when Chappuis and Nelson failed to find Zamlen, they called police. Officers searched the area and found footprints in the snow heading north along the boulevard.
"We kind of figured he walked away or someone came and picked him up," said St. Paul police spokesman Peter Panos of the initial search.
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I would like to know why he would walk over towards the river (which is out of his way if he was headed home) instead of straight from the party to his residence? And in order to fall in the river he would have to climb down over the embankment. Why would he do that? From the map Sarah posted it doesn't look like it is that far of a walk to his residence from the party so why would he need a ride? And the part about telling him to follow the headlights. Huh? I'm sorry but this whole thing is just not making sense.

[sarahhod]

I would like to know why he would walk over towards the river (which is out of his way if he was headed home) instead of straight from the party to his residence? And in order to fall in the river he would have to climb down over the embankment. Why would he do that? From the map Sarah posted it doesn't look like it is that far of a walk to his residence from the party so why would he need a ride? And the part about telling him to follow the headlights. Huh? I'm sorry but this whole thing is just not making sense.



I totally agree with you anna.

There is something very wrong here. IMO

He wouldn't need to go anywhere near the river.
All here needed to do was walk north in a straight line, even intoxicated he should have been able to do that, he managed to call his friend ok.

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[sarahhod]

Published Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Search continues for missing St. Thomas student

The Associated Press - ST. PAUL, Minn.


More than 500 University of St. Thomas students, a sheriff's bloodhound and a State Patrol helicopter searched Monday for a St. Thomas student from Eveleth.
Students were looking in the St. Paul neighborhood along the Mississippi River where freshman Daniel Zamlen, 18, was last known to be.
St. Thomas University and St. Paul police asked searchers to stay off the river's steep bluffs. Below them the river was running high and dangerously fast.
"It's really slippery," said Jim Winterer, St. Thomas spokesman. "We don't want to compound the situation."
Zamlen was last heard from early Sunday. He had been on the phone with a friend when he said, "Oh, my God. Where are you? Help." Then the phone went dead.
The search was particularly urgent because Zamlen is diabetic. He wears an insulin pump that, though automatic, requires some manual adjustments. Volunteers were told Zamlen could be in a coma from low blood sugar. Searchers were told to listen for a beeping noise _ because his insulin pump can beep for up to a week to warn of low insulin supply.
The bloodhound from neighboring Hennepin County picked up a scent, but it ended at the street corner where Zamlen was last believed to be, said Pete Panos, St. Paul police spokesman.
Zamlen is described as 6 feet tall and 175 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a blue jacket.
Early Sunday, he had been drinking at a party on St. Clair Avenue in St. Paul when he became upset and left. Friends Anna Chappuis and Sarah Nelson haven't said what upset him.
"We didn't even know he was gone," said Nelson, 18, who learned Zamlen was near the river when he called her at about 2:20 a.m. He was looking for a ride and gave her his location.
Chappuis, 20, was on the phone with Zamlen and on her way to pick him up when she said she heard him say those last words, just before his phone cut out.
Zamlen's father, Dale Zamlen, an electrician, said a school official called him about 8:30 a.m. Sunday with the news that his son was missing. The family immediately drove south from their home in Eveleth.
"I was down here as quick as I could from my house, and when we got here, we talked to the kids, and they were in tears, and I told them: 'You did the best that you could,'" Dale Zamlen said.
Dale Zamlen said his son knows better than to drink. "We were unaware these types of things were going on," he said. "When he was in high school, he did everything _ sport of the season, Eagle Scout. He's a good role model. He's a way-above average student."
There has been no activity in his bank accounts or phone records since he was reported missing, Panos said.


http://www.dglobe.com/event/apArticle/id/D97DDAFO2/

[sarahhod]

Brandon’s law can make a difference

POSTED: April 7, 2009

Brandon's Law has made much needed progress through two key Minnesota State House and Senate committees. The law, named for Brandon Swanson, 19, of Marshall who has been missing since May 14, will speed up the process in which law enforcement gives information to parents in a non-criminal search and provide for a better exchange of resources and information on missing adults.
"It's standing up to what we wanted it to do and what we can do (now) without being a cost to the state," Brian Swanson, Brandon's dad, said.
Yet, "there's more to be done," Brian Swanson said.
There is more to be accomplished with Brandon's Law, but Annette Swanson, Brandon's mom, said what's already been passed by House and Senate committees could have already helped in a missing person reported during the weekend.
The reported story on Dan Zamlen, 18, the University of St. Thomas student who was reported missing after he left a party in anger and lost cell phone contact with a friend, "brought tears to my eyes," Annette Swanson said.
Some of the circumstances of Zamlen's disappearance Sunday are startlingly similar to Brandon Swanson's. Swanson had called his parents to tell them his car went in a ditch and asked for their help. His parents abruptly lost cell phone contact with him while they were searching. They reported him missing a few hours after searching.
Zamlen was talking with a friend, the Star Tribune said, when he said, 'Oh, my gosh, Anna where are you. Help!,'" and cell phone contact was lost.
St. Paul police spokesman Pete Panos said Zamlen is a grown man and his lack of contact doesn't rise to the concern of a missing child, the Star Tribune said. Police did not send anyone to the search area until 4:30 p.m., after friends and families had already been searching.
While Zamlen is not a child of 3 who may have wandered away from his yard, been abducted by a stranger or family member, there certainly appears to plenty of reasons for concern.
Zamlen has Type I diabetes and had been drinking. He had asked for help on a cell phone call which ended and had not called back. He was walking near the Mississippi River. No one has reported to his family seeing him since early Sunday morning after an argument.
"How much more in danger can you get before it rises to a level of concern?" Annette Swanson said.
It would seem in this age of text messages, cell phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and just the general rumor mill, plenty of people knew Zamlen was missing, and within hours, if he was hiding somewhere, someone would know. Still, even if Zamlen is hiding or is embarrassed to come forward, police response should be based more on what's known, which is that under the circumstances Zamlen could be in danger.
Brandon's Law would consider Zamlen to be in a dangerous situation and heighten the concern and the response.
One important piece of Brandon's Law that has been retained so far is the 11-item evaluation to determine if a missing adult is in danger. Zamlen would have been more quickly determined to be in danger and then the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension would have been called, Annette Swanson said. A plan to search would have been formed, she said.
While law enforcement in Lyon County responded after the Swansons reported their son was missing, it's clear to the Swansons and Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, who helped write and sponsor the bill, that doesn't always happen.
It does cost money for law enforcement to be involved in the search, but isn't that one of the jobs of law enforcement and rescue personnel? If the missing person turns out to be hiding or pulling a prank, law enforcement should consider billing the person or charging the person with a crime.
Zamlen chose to drink alcohol and left of his own free will this weekend, news reports said. But surely an angry 18-year-old, who has been drinking, who has diabetes and is walking in a dark area, apparently near a river, deserves more police attention than he has apparently received.
"I'm sitting here thinking, 'if only, if only,'" Annette Swanson said. "We could do so much better."
Hopefully, Brandon's Law can change that.


http://www.marshallindependent.com/page/content.detail/id/508898.html

[sarahhod]

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Police transfer Daniel Zamlen investigation to Missing Persons Unit

The St. Paul Police Department late yesterday transferred its investigation into the disappearance of Daniel Zamlen from its Western District Office to its Missing Persons Unit. Resources from both divisions are being used to help find the missing University of St. Thomas freshman, said Daniel Meuwissen, director of Public Safety at the university.

Zamlen, who is diabetic and uses an insulin pump, has not been heard from since he was talking to friends on his cell phone at about 3 a.m. Sunday, April 5.

"The university thanks the hundreds of volunteers who helped with the search efforts for Dan on Sunday and Monday," Meuwissen said. "Special thanks go out to Chris Ismil, a friend of the Zamlen family, and his team for their incredible efforts in coordinating the search program.

"Chris' experience and knowledge of search-and-rescue operations provided tremendous assistance to our community. More than 550 students and friends covered a two-mile area around the campus in a very thorough manner.

"Although our neighborhood search efforts have been completed, we will continue to work with law enforcement teams to uncover new leads. The leads will be critical in focusing our efforts to find Dan."

Meuwissen and St. Paul police continue to ask students and community members to stay away from the bluffs and banks of the Mississippi River. In addition to the safety reasons, they said that unauthorized searchers could disrupt possible clues and hinder the investigation.

The campus community is encouraged to check the UST Cares Web site for information about Zamlen. You can reach the page by clicking the button at the bottom of the St. Thomas home page.

"If further search efforts are needed, the campus community will be notified for assistance," Meuwissen said.

As announced to the campus community since Sunday, anyone with information is urged to contact the university's Public Safety Department at (651) 962-5555.

Father Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas, asks the community to continue to pray for Daniel and his friends and family.

http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200915/Tuesday/update4_7_09.cfm

[nomadpatti]

Is it just me or have they given up rather quickly????

[sarahhod]

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Missing University of St. Thomas student Daniel Zamlen. Zamlen has been missing Sunday, April 5. (Photo courtesy of the University of St. Thomas)

University calls off search for missing St. Thomas student
by Tim Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio
April 7, 2009

St. Paul, Minn. — The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul has called off its ground search for a missing freshman there. School officials say they hope authorities will turn up better clues to the 18-year-old student's whereabouts.

After hundreds of students turned out yesterday to look for missing Eveleth native Daniel Zamlen, the school is now asking students to return to classes and steer clear of the nearby Mississippi River. They want students to stay away from the floodwaters there and to not disturb the area anymore, to make it easier for search dogs to work.

School spokesman Jim Winterer said St. Thomas is taking other steps, such as finding temporary housing on campus for Zamlen's parents and sister.

"We have set aside a spot in the chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas," Winterer said. "It's our main chapel up there along Cleveland Avenue, and they have a vigil candle there and a photograph of Dan. And there have been some gatherings in residence halls in support of his classmates."

Zamlen was last heard from early Sunday morning, when he told a friend that he was walking along the river near the school and his cell phone suddenly cut off.


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[sarahhod]

Published April 07 2009

Search continues for missing student

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Friends and family of a missing University of St. Thomas student from Eveleth are waiting for news after a massive search turned up nothing.

By: Associated Press, Worthington Daily Globe

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Friends and family of a missing University of St. Thomas student from Eveleth are waiting for news after a massive search turned up nothing.

More than 500 St. Thomas students searched a St. Paul neighborhood near the Mississippi River on Monday for 18-year-old freshman Daniel Zamlen, but didn't find him.

University spokesman Jim Winterer says Tuesday that the university has renewed its request that searchers stay off the bluffs above the river, which is running dangerously fast.

The bluffs are slippery and crowds could obscure clues from professional searchers.

Winterer says there aren't any volunteer searches scheduled for Tuesday.

Zamlen was last heard from early Sunday. He had been on the phone with a friend, then the phone went dead. He turns 19 on Wednesday.

http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/20805/

[sarahhod]

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Praying today is the day you are found safe Daniel...your 19th Birthday.

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[sarahhod]

Dog picks up scent of missing St. Thomas student

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http://kstp.com/kstpImages/000arrow.gif Zamlen website (http://www.finddan.org/)


Police say a bloodhound has picked up the scent of a missing St. Thomas student Wednesday.
Investigators have now included a neighborhood in addition to the Mississippi River where 19-year-old Dan Zamlen, of Eveleth, was last seen.
Police are now focusing their investigation on the neighborhood near St. Clair Avenue and Mississippi Boulevard where Zamlen went missing after leaving a party early Sunday morning.
A friend of Zamlen says she was talking to him on his cell phone when she heard him call out for help and the phone went dead. There’s added urgency to the search for Zamlen, as the college freshman has type one diabetes--Wednesday marked over 80 hours since Zamlen's had his medication.
A police dog picked up a scent on the upper portion of the river bluff but it didn't lead anywhere.
Instead of celebrating Zamlen’s 19th birthday, his family held a prayer service for their missing son.
"He may be out there some place something happened. We don't know and we want to find them," said father Dale Zamlen.
The family's faith shined brightly during the service at a church on the University of St. Thoams campus, and continued their search by going door-to-door in hopes to learning more about their son’s disappearance.
"I'm just asking for your help from the community. Help find my son, find him alive out there," Dale Zamlen said.

POLICE: Dog picks up scent of missing St. Thomas student (http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=t&ct2=uk%2F0_0_s_14_0_t&usg=AFQjCNG88Ow7D-w9gAjSYFo6dsMoiaj2nQ&cid=0&ei=0dHdSYjuEoSOjAejw5w8&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkstp.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2Fs8717 93.shtml)

[sarahhod]

The situation…

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Dan Zamlen went missing early Sunday morning at 3:00am and his last known location was at the intersection of St Clair and Mississippi River Blvd. Dan was last seen wearing a dark blue and black zip-up fleece with a light blue Hollister polo, blue jeans and he was wearing brown Dr. Marten shoes.
Dan is 19 year old white male with a fair complexion. He is 6’1” tall and he weighs 175 pounds. He has brown hair with blonde highlights.
Dan is also a type 1 diabetic which makes the situation much more important. He has an OmniPod which is a device to control his insulin. When his insulin has run out, the OmniPod will begin to beep quite loudly.
If you have information regarding the whereabouts of Dan Zamlen please call St. Thomas Public Safety at 651-962-5555 or 911.

http://www.finddan.org/

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Click here to download a printable version of the poster. (http://www.finddan.org/img/DanZamlen.pdf)

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[TigressPen]

Although I feel there is more to this story than being told. Mixing alcohol with insulin is not a good thing. His thought process would not function normally and he may not have known he was walking toward the river until he saw it. I pray Daniel is okay but this doesn't have a good feeling about it.

[packy]

From several comments of readers of this blog it seems that some of them know what the area is like and they say even if he had fallen there is still land at the bottom before the water, so it may be that he has ventured or has been taken into the neighborhood. http://footprintsattheriversedge.blogspot.com/2009/04/040509-dan-zamlen-18-st-paul-mn-missing.html

[TigressPen]

From several comments of readers of this blog it seems that some of them know what the area is like and they say even if he had fallen there is still land at the bottom before the water, so it may be that he has ventured or has been taken into the neighborhood. http://footprintsattheriversedge.blogspot.com/2009/04/040509-dan-zamlen-18-st-paul-mn-missing.html


If in fact he said Oh My God, Help Me, then I am leaning toward foul play also just as a commenter said. Why get into another car willingly when he knew his friends were on the way to pick him up - to play a horrible joke on them? I don't think so, since he has been gone so long.

[sarahhod]

Eveleth College Student Turns 19, Still Missing

Updated at: 04/08/2009 7:03 PM
By: Renee Passal

Wednesday marks the 19th birthday of St. Thomas student and Eveleth native Daniel Zamlen. He has been missing since Sunday.

A prayer vigil and a news conference was held on campus, Daniel's father addressed the crowd during the news conference.

"Help me find my son. Help me find him alive. We are concerned about his condition. He may be in a coma, that's what diabetes does to you," Dale Zamlen said.

At the Virginia High School Wednesday students made about 600 hope ribbons which were handed out.

There was also a moment of silence in the morning along with an announcement that it was Dan's birthday.

Students said its been an emotional day but the ribbons help them feel better because they see how many people are supporting the Zamlen family.

St. Paul police are suspending their massive search efforts of the bluffs near the river on Thursday, although they do plan on doing a sweep of the river with boats. The case will move to the Missing Persons Unit.

The family has asked for 1000 volunteers to keep the search efforts going.

Students in Virginia are going to have a four day Easter break, and many are traveling to the cities to help with search. A bus is leaving at 7am on Thursday.

http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S871634.shtml?cat=10335

[sarahhod]

Father pleads for help in search for missing St. Thomas student

By CHAO XIONG, Star Tribune
Last update: April 8, 2009 - 3:14 PM

The father of missing University of St. Thomas student Dan Zamlen pleaded for the public's help in finding his son, who turns 19 today.

"Help me find my son," Dale Zamlen said at a news conference at St. Thomas this afternoon. "Find him alive out there."

About 100 volunteers were searching for Zamlen over the lunch hour, going door to door in neighborhoods near the Mississippi River bluffs. No new clues have been found. Police said the river is too high and fast for search boats.

"There is definitely hope, definitely hope that Dan is still alive, " said family friend Chris Ismil, who is heading the volunteer search.

Police are focusing their search on the bluffs areas of S. Mississippi River Blvd. and St. Claire Avenue, where Zamlen was last known to be. Police said the river is too high and fast for search boats.

Zamlen, a St. Thomas freshman, called friends from near that intersection about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, but the phone cut out while he was talking and he hasn't been heard from since.

Zamlen, a Type I diabetic, is 6-feet-1 and 175 pounds. He has blond hair, blue eyes and was wearing a dark blue, zip-up fleece, light blue T-shirt, blue jeans and brown Dr. Martens shoes. He was carrying a black iPhone and a blue hand-held insulin meter.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the university's Public Safety Department at 651-962-5555.

http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/42688887.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUncacyi8cyaiUiD3aPc:_ Yyc:aUU

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Police end active search for St. Thomas student

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St. Paul police officer Darin McDonald kept a watchful eye as a police boat searched along the riverbank near St. Clair Avenue on Thursday. Dan Zamlen was walking home from a party near this spot and talking on his cell phone on Sunday when he disappeared.

Dan Zamlen's father and friends vowed to keep looking for the missing college student, as police focused their search on a stretch of the river near the St. Thomas campus.

By ABBY SIMONS, Star Tribune
Last update: April 9, 2009 - 10:25 PM

Dale Zamlen walked alone Thursday above the stretch of Mississippi riverbank where his diabetic son Dan vanished early Sunday, after the 18-year-old University of St. Thomas student drank at a party and then left upset about something.

Hundreds of gung-ho searchers who crashed through brush this week calling Dan's name have fanned farther out, imploring residents to check their property, distributing fliers, figuratively turning every stone.

If he's alive, he turned 19 Wednesday. The father, fatigue in his voice, says he has to believe his son had that birthday.

"I'm never gonna speak about him in the past tense," Zamlen said.

But below the river bluff, a police motorboat whirred, evidence of where authorities are focusing their search. A police dog was in the boat, sniffing the air.

Signaling their doubts that this story can still have a happy ending, St. Paul Police Spokesman Peter Panos said Thursday was the last day of active searching by police.

"That doesn't mean the school's going to stop the neighborhood search," Panos said. "But we're at the point where we've looked everywhere we can."

The last person known to have talked to the missing man said this week that he called from his cell phone, saying he was on St. Clair Avenue near Mississippi River Boulevard South. She said he was upset and called out for help before the phone went dead.

But police expressed doubts about the alleged call for help.

"We found nothing to support what she thought she heard on the phone," Panos said. He added that investigators "have nothing to suggest" foul play.

Health a concern

Absent signs of foul play, police often wait to begin searching for an adult, because so many turn up on their own.

But Panos said they began searching for Zamlen at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday because of his Type I diabetes, the cold weather and because he had been drinking. Zamlen's insulin pump would run only so long. Family members say that means that he could now be in a coma.

"It's situationally based on what we do," Panos said. "In this case the situation because of his health dictated what we did."

Many of the searchers have had the same stubborn optimism of the missing man's father.

"It's all about Dan and all about Dan's family," said Craig Skalko, a University of Minnesota-Duluth freshman who graduated from high school with Zamlen and who has been in St. Paul since Monday helping to coordinate the large effort.

"We're tired, but our hearts are good," he said. "We're still going as much as we can."

The sidewalk at the summit of the steep riverbank rises at least 70 feet from the river's edge, but brush and trees likely would block someone from falling all the way to the water. It's unknown whether Zamlen ventured close to the water before losing phone contact.

Dale Zamlen said Dan often ran along the river, where its banks likely reminded him of the steep mining terrain back home. He said he is not ruling out that someone tried to harm his son.

"You've got to look at everything," he said. "I don't think the students who come here know what goes on in this city. There are kids that are naive."

Not leaving without him

In a command center at the student union at St. Thomas, a large St. Paul map was marked to showed the neighborhoods where volunteers have been, passing out an estimated 20,000 fliers with Zamlen's photo and description.

Across the room was an extensive list of hospitals, shelters and detox centers to check.

In a room nearby, friends from the Iron Range and a volunteer's therapy dog comforted Zamlen's family.

Coordinators instructed volunteers in their next moves, and then buses took them to new neighborhoods to continue leafletting.

Volunteers Benji Neff and Emily Davis were a year behind Dan Zamlen in school. Neff and Zamlen are both Eagle Scouts, something that gives Neff hope.

"Just the fact that we haven't turned up anything in our searches, to me says he's out there," he said.

As Easter approaches, Zamlen's parents and sister say they're not going anywhere.

"I'm not leaving until I find Dan." Dale Zamlen said. "This area will be my new home until I find him."

http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/42780857.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_ Yyc:aUU

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Body found in river not that of missing student

The body, a woman's, was discovered tangled in debris at 8:30 a.m. by employees of a barge company near the intersection of Childs and Shepard Roads.

Last update: April 12, 2009 - 5:59 PM

A body recovered from the Mississippi River Saturday morning in St. Paul isn't that of a missing University of St. Thomas student, police said.

The woman's body was discovered tangled in debris at 8:30 a.m. by employees of a barge company near the intersection of Childs and Shepard Roads.

St. Paul police spokesman Peter Panos said the body matches the description of a woman who was seen jumping from a nearby bridge a few weeks ago. The body appears to have been in the water for some time, and police will wait for a positive identification from the Ramsey County medical examiner.

Volunteers continued searching Saturday for Dan Zamlen, a St. Thomas freshman who disappeared one week ago after leaving a party early Sunday morning.

Zamlen, who turned 19 on Wednesday, was last believed to be at the intersection of Mississippi River Boulevard S. and St. Clair Avenue when his phone abruptly cut out, and he hasn't been seen since.

Police have searched the Mississippi River by boat and helicopter, while others searched the river bluffs with no sign of Zamlen. Police have stopped searching, but volunteers are still looking for him.

http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/42855917.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnOiP3UiD3aPc: _Yyc:aUU

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No word yet. I was hoping by now something would break. I didn't see any mention of slide marks which would make it seem he did not fall. Keeping my prayers up for his safe return.

[sarahhod]

Busloads from missing student's hometown join in search


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People arrived in the Twin Cities Monday by the busload to help search for a missing young man.

Dan Zamlen has been missing since April 5th. He is a freshman at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, but he graduated from Virginia High School.

On Monday, his Iron Range community family traveled to the Twin Cities to help bring one of their own home. A charter bus full of volunteer searchers arrived on campus Monday morning. These folks say they won't give up trying to find him.

Zamlen is a university freshman and type one diabetic. Authorities believe he was walking along the Mississippi River bluffs near the university.

On Monday, part of the search focused on nearby parks. Police are still out there searching as well, looking at areas investigators believe may be important.

As for those volunteers who traveled from the Iron Range, some knew Zamlen and his family, but many did not.

"That's something a lot of people don't understand about the Iron Range, is it's a very, very tight knit group," says Shane Zavodnik of Eveleth.

"One of our own is missing and we don't know where he is and it is very important to show that we support his family. We work with his mom and my son knows him from high school and we want to find him," says Charise Millsop of Virginia.

Search organizers are opening up an office in Virginia this week to help get the word out about the need for volunteers to help look for Dan Zamlen.

A bus will leave Virginia High School every morning at 7:00 a.m. until at least Thursday.

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=613436 (http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=613436)

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Updated at: 04/13/2009 4:31 PM
By: Renee Passal

More Buses Leaving for Dan Zamlen Search

The search for missing St. Thomas freshman Dan Zamlen is expanding. And more help is needed.

Groups of students and volunteers have now expanded to the areas south of campus. They've already contacted people in about 7000 homes.

On Tuesday, they will move on to the parks areas.

Officials said that 1000 people have helped so far. Two buses came down from the Iron Range on Monday.

Zamlen was last seen on Sunday, April 5th, leaving a party. His last contact was with a friend via cell phone, and Zamlen was walking by the Mississippi River.

He is a Type 1 diabetic.

Five more buses will be leaving from the Iron Range in the next three days.

For more information, you can check out the website for Dan at www.FindDan.org (http://www.finddan.org/)

The command center number at St. Thomas is: 651-962-6129

http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S877659.shtml?cat=10335 (http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S877659.shtml?cat=10335)

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'Dan Zamlen Is Out There Somewhere'
Busloads of volunteers join second week of search

Created On: Monday, 13 Apr 2009, 10:40 PM CDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A busload of volunteer searchers from the Iron Range unloaded in St. Paul Monday morning as the search for missing University of St. Thomas student Dan Zamlen moves into a second week.

Five more buses of searchers are expected to arrive in St. Paul over the next three days.

"Dan Zamlen is out there somewhere," said Alex Rozier, searcher and high school friend of Zamlen. "We're going to find him. There's no test, no class that's more important than finding my friend."

Rozier couldn't spend one more day sitting in Missouri, so he flew to Minnesota on Monday, and has come to the conclusion Dan Zamlen is alive and not in the Mississippi River.

Zamlen's 19th birthday was Wednesday. Family members in Eveleth, Minn. had planned on celebrating his birthday at home over the Easter weekend,
Police have scaled back their active search for Zamlen, saying they've reached a point where they've looked everywhere they can.

Around 3 a.m. Sunday morning, Dan Zamlen left a house party on the 2100 block of St. Clair Ave., near the St. Thomas campus.

Family members said Zamlen had been drinking alcohol and is a type-one diabetic. He apparently left the party upset.

Sarah Nelson and Anna Chapuis, two of Zamlen's friends, were the last to talk to him, around 3 a.m. Sunday.

"Dan called me and said he was walking toward the river and I said, whoa, I'm coming to pick you up," Nelson, said.

The last words heard on that phone call were, "Oh my god, oh my god, I'm slipping." At that point, the phone cut out and the friends called police.

Aaron Mielke is a geographical information specialist. He took satellite photo from work to scour the riverbanks, then hooked up with searchers through one of several Facebook groups dedicated to finding Dan Zamlen.

If Zamlen didn't stop, searchers believe they would have found blood or torn clothes or any clue, but they've found nothing. It's this reason the search just gets bigger.

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Dan_Zamlen_Search_Week_Two_Facebook_Apr_13_2009 (http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Dan_Zamlen_Search_Week_Two_Facebook_Apr_13_2009)

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Reward offered in missing Tommie case

Associated Press - April 14, 2009 2:44 AM ET

EVELETH, Minn. (AP) - A $5,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to the return of a missing University of St. Thomas student.

Freshman Dan Zamlen of Eveleth has been missing since early April 5 in St. Paul. He was walking along the Mississippi River bluffs after leaving a party when he disappeared.

Donations are being accepted at any Wells Fargo Bank branch for the Dan Zamlen Fund, or may be mailed to the Wells Fargo Bank in Eveleth. Donations can also be made online to finddan.org.

Search organizers say costs include printing fliers, feeding volunteers and supporting Zamlen's family.

On the Net: http://www.finddan.org (http://www.finddan.org)


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Proposed law would speed action in missing person cases

Updated: 04/14/2009 4:59 PM KSTP.com

A proposed bill would require law enforcement agencies to change they way they react to missing person cases, like that of missing University of St. Thomas student Dan Zamlen.

Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, is the chief author of Brandon's Law.

The law was named for 19-year-old Brandon Swanson, of Marshall. He was last seen May 14, 2008. His vehicle was found in a ditch near Taunton, but almost a year later, there's still no sign of Swanson.

Swanson, like Zamlen, was talking on his cell phone when the call abruptly ended.

Zamlen was last seen April 5 in St. Paul. He was walking along the Mississippi River bluffs after leaving a party when he disappeared.

Under the bill, a law enforcement agencies would be required to accept a missing person report even if that person is an adult, there's no indication of foul play, or if the person has been missing for a short period of time.

The law enforcement agency would be required to investigate, consult with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and enter information about the person in state and national databases.

The process somewhat mirrors the Amber Alert, which is a system used to quickly spread the word about missing children.

It's not clear if such a law would have made any difference in the police response to the Zamlen case.

Zamlen's father, Dale Zamlen, said, "I'm sure their experience told them that you know we gotta let this sit for a little bit because maybe this person is just, they're just msising but they're around the neighborhood and they went someplace with their friend. And, whatever you know, I can understand that."

The bill is gaining support in the legislature and could be on the governor's desk by the end of May.

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S879412.shtml?cat=1

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Students pray for missing St. Thomas student

Tuesday, 14 April 2009

More than a week after the disappearance of University of St. Thomas freshman Dan Zamlen, students and members of the Catholic community continue to come together to pray and show their support for the missing student and his family.

Zamlen, 19, disappeared To report information around 3 a.m. April 5 after leaving a party near the St. Paul campus.

n the days following his disappearance, hundreds of students combed a two-mile area around the campus, knocking on doors and asking residents to check their yards. Police with bloodhounds and in helicopters searched along the Mississippi River, but failed to turn up any leads.

University family prays

At the University of St. Thomas, students attended prayer services for Zamlen and stopped to pray at the chapel, where his photo had been placed on a side altar.

About 200 students also gathered for a prayer service at Zamlen’s residence hall.

“To have 200 guys turn out for a prayer service is unheard of,” said Father Erich Rutten, director of campus ministry at St. Thomas. “They’re not all Catholic and certainly many of them are not very churchy, so to have them show up for that was very significant.”

Zamlen’s parents and sister also attended the prayer service, Father Rutten said. “It was an opportunity for the family to be with all these guys, his classmates and hallmates, and feel their presence,” he said. “It was really emotional.”

Father Rutten said he has spoken with several students who are struggling with the situation.

St. John Vianney seminarians also have been talking and praying with students, said Josh Evans, a junior at the college seminary. “The seminary represents the church and the church represents Christ, and people are looking for Christ in this time of trial,” Evans said.

Evans, a friend of Zamlen, said Zamlen regularly attended Sunday night Masses at the seminary. He described him as “a fun guy, energetic, very personable, interested in his faith.”

Evans said the seminarians have been offering prayers, Masses and rosaries on Zamlen’s behalf.

While Evans said he is trying to maintain hope for his friend, at one point during an interview he had to stop himself from speaking about Zamlen in the past tense.

“There’s a sense of shock,” he said. “This is the first person I know that’s close to my age that has died, er, that’s gone missing. It’s hard.”

Turning to God

Members of Resurrection parish in Eveleth, where Zamlen and his family are parishioners, also have been struggling to remain hopeful. Roughly 300 people attended a Good Friday service at the church to pray for his safe return.

“Dan is close to the Lord wherever he is,” Father Charles Flynn, pastor, said during the service. “He is not lost to God. He is only lost to us.

“In our helplessness and wrenching pain, all we can do is turn to God for support,” the priest said.

Father Flynn focused the prayer service on two Stations of the Cross — when Jesus meets his mother and when Simon helps Jesus carry his cross.

“Lord Jesus, we pray to you for all the parents in the world who see their children suffer,” he read. And, “comfort those who feel lonely and sad because the ones they love are suffering.”

Friends of Zamlen read Bible passages, including the one about a shepherd with 100 sheep who rejoices upon finding one that had strayed.

A special collection was taken during the service to help fund search efforts.

In an interview, Father Flynn described Zamlen as “a good kid — the kind of kid you’d hope you could pull in a few hundred of them in the parish and it would be great.”

Before going off to college, Zamlen was an altar server and taught religious education classes at the Iron Range parish.

“He was always willing to help out and had a real sense of his faith. He would just volunteer for anything at the parish,” Father Flynn said. “You wouldn’t think that something like this would ever happen to him.”

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If you have any information to report about the whereabouts of Dan Zamlen, call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at (800) 843-5678 or the St. Paul Police Department at (651) 291-1111.

http://thecatholicspirit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1548&Itemid=27

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Published April 15 2009

Minn. parents want quicker searches

The bill requires law enforcement officers to immediately take and circulate reports of most missing people between 18 and 21 years of age. It also requires quick action when older people are reported missing under dangerous circumstances.

By: Don Davis, Minn. State Capitol Bureau
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The parents of a young Eveleth man, Dan Zamlen, offer a Minnesota House committee their support of a bill that pushes law enforcement officers to quickly begin hunting for missing young adults. The parents, Sally and Dale Zamlen, watched as the committee unanimously approved the bill.

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ST. PAUL – Sally and Dale Zamlen say state law slowed a search for their son, missing from St. Paul since April 5.

"Their hands are tied," Dale Zamlen told a Minnesota House Committee Wednesday about police. "They did all the right things. They followed the letter of the law."

The law did not require police to launch a search immediately because at 18 Dan Zamlen, a St. Thomas University freshman from Eveleth, was considered an adult and many law enforcement agencies' policies allow officers to wait to begin an adult missing persons case. Missing children reports must be investigated immediately.

The Zamlens and the author of a bill to speed searches said vital time was lost as the battery of the student's mobile telephone – which includes a tracking device – was dying early April 5.

Sally Zamlen said the family was not allowed to talk to anyone in the St. Paul police missing-persons' unit until two days after her son disappeared along the Mississippi River bluffs. Search dogs were not called to the scene until still later.

On the Sunday her son disappeared, she said, a policeman showed up at the riverside scene where Dan Zamlen was thought to have disappeared – but only to keep people from going down a steep embankment, not to search for the young man.

"Maybe he wanted his 24 hours of alone time," Sally Zamlen said was the police theory.

Since then, more than 1,000 volunteers – mostly from the Iron Range – have searched the area.

"We are seriously, seriously running out of time," Sally Zamlen told the committee.

The House Finance Committee unanimously approved the measure, which likely will be in front of the full House Monday. A Senate vote also is pending.

Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, introduced the bill weeks ago in response to the disappearance of Brandon Swanson in his southwest Minnesota area.

The bill requires law enforcement officers to immediately take and circulate reports of most missing people between 18 and 21 years of age. It also requires quick action when older people are reported missing under dangerous circumstances.

One of the advantages of quick action is the ability to trace mobile telephones that most people carry, Seifert said. Batteries often fail before police launch missing persons cases.

"Time is of the essence," Seifert said.

Some law enforcement departments start searches right away, while others do not, Seifert said. State law leaves it up to local agencies.

Sally Zamlen said she did not know about Seifert's bill until Tuesday, but when she heard of it decided to testify for it. Anyone with a child would favor the bill, she said.

In her son's case, a rapid response was especially important because he is diabetic and would run out of insulin within three days.

Some evidence points to the possibility that Dan Zamlen did not fall into the river, as authorities first believed. Dogs lost his scent near a street intersection and his iPhone kept operating for six hours after his final call, which seemed to indicate he did not immediately slip down a bluff into the river.

"His last words were 'Oh god, oh god,'" Sally Zamlen said of a mobile telephone call he made early Sunday.

Dale Zamlen said the college freshman did not fall into the river.

"I think it is an abduction," the father said.

Added the youth's mother: "I know he is not in that river, unless someone put him there."

Police declined to search, in part, because they did not have money available for overtime, Sally Zamlen said.

"We are running out of time and money cannot be the reason why we can't get to him in time," she told the committee.

"My son didn't get to take the weekend off," she said. "My son didn't get to come home for Easter."

Sally Zamlen said that searchers would have had a four-day head start if Seifert's bill would have been law.

"If that law would have been in effect Sunday morning, there would be police there," she said.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/even...cle/id/114996/ (http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/114996/)

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Reward Offered in Dan Zamlen Case

Donations are making a $5,000 reward possible, for any information about missing college freshman Dan Zamlen.

The Eveleth native has been missing since Sunday, April 5th. He attends St. Thomas University.

Busloads of volunteers have been heading down to the search area, which includes neighborhoods near the Mississippi River, and has been expanded to parks in the area.

Zamlen is a Type 1 diabetic.

More donations are needed to continue the search. Another bus is leaving on Thursday morning from the Range. For more information:

www.FindDan.org

http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S879743.shtml?cat=10335

[Faith]

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

A bus for volunteers from the Iron Range will be leaving from Virginia High School on Tuesday, April 14 at 7 A.M. It is completely free, with meals provided at no cost. Please call the Search and Rescue Command Center at 651-962-6129 to let us know you are coming.

Busses will also be leaving from VHS at 7 A.M. on Thursday, April 16. They will be stopping at Eveleth-Gilbert High School to pick up any students or adults from the Eveleth-Gilbert communities.

Please help us find Dan.

WE ARE GOING TO FIND HIM.

God Bless

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From above link, ""His last words were 'Oh god, oh god,'" Sally Zamlen said of a mobile telephone call he made early Sunday.

Dale Zamlen said the college freshman did not fall into the river.

"I think it is an abduction," the father said.

Added the youth's mother: "I know he is not in that river, unless someone put him there.""

I agree.

[Faith]

Published Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Parents of missing Minn. student push for new law

By MARTIGA LOHN Associated Press Writer , The Associated Press - ST. PAUL, Minn.

The parents of a University of St. Thomas student who went missing 10 days ago are calling for faster, more aggressive searches when young adults disappear.

Sally and Dale Zamlen of Eveleth told a House panel Wednesday about the delays and frustration of trying to find their son, Dan Zamlen, a diabetic who turned 19 a week ago. He vanished while walking along the Mississippi River bluffs early April 5 after leaving a party.

Sally Zamlen said it took hours for police to arrive at the location where her son disappeared, and days passed before bloodhounds searched for his scent. She said she had to get a court order to pinpoint Dan's cell phone signal, but by then the phone's battery was dead.

The Zamlens are supporting a bill from GOP House Minority Leader Marty Seifert to revamp Minnesota's missing persons laws for young adults and adults who disappear under suspicious or dangerous circumstances.

"If that law had been in place on Sunday morning, there would have been police down there, there would have been dogs down there, there would have been you know, somebody in communication with the phone company," Sally Zamlen said.

She added: "We would have had a 4-day head start on everything we're doing now."

Seifert's bill would require authorities to take and investigate missing persons reports on adults, no matter how little time they've been missing and even if the disappearance may have been intentional.

Some law enforcement agencies now wait 24 or 48 hours to look into such cases, since adults can choose to go away without telling others. But the practice can cost precious time.

Seifert's bill is named for Brandon Swanson, a 19-year-old who disappeared last May after running his car off the road in rural western Minnesota. Seifert said Swanson was on foot and speaking on a cell phone with his father when he disappeared.

"It was 2 in the morning, he was talking to his dad, taking the shortcut through the meadow, he was jumping fences and going through rough terrain. And one of his last statements was `Oh shoot, water,' or something on that order. That is why we feel the Yellow Medicine River is probably what happened. Nobody knows for sure," said Seifert, R-Marshall.

Seifert said law enforcement agencies in the area had uneven approaches to Swanson's case.

Under his bill, if a missing person is determined to be "endangered" _ meaning he or she was abducted or disappeared in a dangerous situation or for more than 30 days _ the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and other resources would come in.

Young adults could become the subject of such a search for even more reasons, including need for medical attention or medication, mental impairment, past threats of violence or going lost in the wilderness. The bill also encourages authorities to use subpoenas or search warrants if necessary to locate someone by pinging a cell phone or other electronic devices.

The House Finance Committee approved the bill, sending it to the full House.

Dale Zamlen said help searching for his son came quickly from organizations like the Jon Francis Foundation and the Jacob Wetterling Foundation, set up to help families find missing loved ones. He said the laws need to catch up.

"Law enforcement did as well as they could," he said. "Their hands are tied."
http://www.dglobe.com/event/apArticle/id/D97J1TOG0/

[Faith]

Missing St. Thomas student's mom gets political

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Sally Zamlen, second from right, got some encouragement a well-wisher after she testified Wednesday before the House Finance Committee on a bill that would give law enforcement wider latitude in starting a missing person’s search. Zamlen’s son, Dan, went missing 10 days ago. Her husband, Dale, is at far left.


The mother of a missing college student told legislators that state law needs refining on when the search for a missing person should start.


Last update: April 15, 2009 - 10:08 PM

Ten days after her college-age son went missing in St. Paul, Sally Zamlen said police moved too slowly in their search for a young adult in danger.

She refuses to accept, she said, that as a 19-year-old, her son Dan Zamlen, a freshman at the University of St. Thomas, had the right to go missing -- had a right to be alone.

No, she said, searchers should have been out in force that very first morning. And to that end, the Eveleth, Minn., woman found herself before a state House panel Wednesday, speaking in support of a bill that she hopes will force quicker, more intensive searches for missing adults.

Not that she was letting go of the task at hand. Of the ongoing search for her son, she told legislators, "We are seriously, seriously running out of time."

The bill, dubbed "Brandon's Law," would expand the state's missing children's law to include adults who are missing and endangered. Authorities would take missing persons reports "without delay," and conduct preliminary investigations to see if fears appear founded. If so, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension then would be consulted because of "the fact that the first two hours are critical," according to the bill now headed to the House floor.

Zamlen said she believes the bill would have forced a nearly immediate, full-out search for her son, who has Type I diabetes and reportedly said by cell phone to a friend, "Oh, my gosh, Anna, where are you? Help!" while he was walking on St. Clair Avenue near Mississippi River Boulevard early on April 5.

Bloodhounds and police would have combed the bluffs that day, Zamlen said.

Not a perfect solution

But the bill's chief author, Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, said the proposal would not go so far as to dictate when authorities would "begin scaling walls" in efforts to turn up missing adults. Investigators still would have discretion to search when and how they see fit, he said. Of the Zamlens and others, Seifert said, "I can't give them false promises."

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4/16/09

Red tape delayed search, say parents of missing student


The parents of Dan Zamlen say a state law wasted valuable time after their son went missing. On Wednesday they asked a House committee to take action to prevent it from happening again.

ST. PAUL — The parents of a 19-year-old Eveleth man who was reported missing nearly two weeks ago say they believe he was abducted, and the slow response of police hindered their chances of finding him alive.

Sally and Dale Zamlen say state law slowed the search for their son, Daniel, who has been missing from St. Paul since April 5. The law did not require police to launch a search immediately because, at 18, the University of St. Thomas freshman was considered an adult, and law enforcement agencies often wait

24 hours or more to begin missing persons cases on adults. Missing children reports must be investigated immediately.

The Zamlens spoke Wednesday at the state Capitol in support of a bill to speed adult searches. Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, introduced the bill weeks ago in response to the disappearance of Brandon Swanson in his southwest Minnesota district. The bill requires law enforcement officers to immediately take and circulate reports of most missing people between 18 and

21 years of age. It also requires quick action when older people are reported missing under dangerous circumstances.

The Zamlens said vital time was lost as the battery of their son’s mobile telephone — which includes a tracking device — was dying early April 5.

Now it’s beginning to feel too late for their son, who is diabetic and uses an insulin pump.

“We are seriously, seriously running out of time,” Sally Zamlen told lawmakers.

Sally Zamlen said the family was not allowed to talk to anyone in the St. Paul police missing-persons unit until two days after her son disappeared along the Mississippi River bluffs. Search dogs were not called to the scene until still later.

On the Sunday her son disappeared, she said, a policeman showed up at the riverside scene where Dan Zamlen was thought to have disappeared — but only to keep people from going down a steep embankment, not to search for the young man.

“Maybe he wanted his

24 hours of alone time,” Sally Zamlen said was the police theory.

Since then, more than 1,000 volunteers — many from the Iron Range — have searched the area.

Some evidence points to the possibility that Dan Zamlen did not fall into the river, as authorities first believed. Dogs lost his scent near a street intersection and his iPhone kept operating for six hours after his final call, which seemed to indicate he did not immediately slip down a bluff into the river.

“His last words were ‘Oh god, oh god,’ ” Sally Zamlen said of a mobile telephone call he made early Sunday.

Dale Zamlen said the college freshman did not fall into the river.

“I think it is an abduction,” the father said.

Added the youth’s mother: “I know he is not in that river, unless someone put him there.”

Police declined to search, in part, because they did not have money available for overtime, Sally Zamlen said.

“We are running out of time, and money cannot be the reason why we can’t get to him in time,” she told the committee.

Police, however, say there is simply no evidence that Zamlen was taken against his will.

In fact, there’s no evidence of Zamlen at all, said Peter Panos, information officer for the St. Paul Police Department.

“We have no evidence that would indicate an abduction. There’s been no activity on his cell phone or his credit card. No contact from anyone or to anyone,’” Panos said. “And from what we saw at the scene originally, nothing would indicate” an abduction.

Panos said the department continues its investigation through its Missing Persons Bureau and on Tuesday conducted another water search on the Mississippi River. He said the department also continues to encourage volunteer searches organized by the University of St. Thomas and the family.

“We think that’s all great. We support that. There’s nothing else to go on now so we keep searching; keep looking at places he might have gone,” Panos said. “There’s just nothing there for us to go on.”

The House Finance Committee unanimously approved Seifert’s bill, which likely will be in front of the full House on Monday. A Senate vote also is pending.


http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/117814/abduct

[annalyzer]

Reward increased to $10,000 as volunteers, police continue search for freshman Daniel Zamlen

Thursday, April 16, 2009

The $5,000 reward for information that could help find missing University of St. Thomas freshman Daniel Zamlen increased to $10,000 yesterday. The search for Zamlen, meanwhile, continued this week in neighborhoods surrounding the university and along the Mississippi River.

Zamlen, 19, has not been heard from since he was talking to friends on his cell phone shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, April 5. At the time, he was believed to have been walking along Mississippi River Boulevard near St. Clair Avenue.

More than 1,000 volunteers have helped with the neighborhood search that is being conducted with cooperation of the St. Paul Police Department. Of that number, about three-quarters have been students and volunteers from the Twin Cities; the remainder have journeyed down in cars and buses from Duluth and the Iron Range. Dan is the son of Dale and Sally Zamlen of Eveleth.

The volunteers have been going door to door within a two-mile radius, or more, from where he was last seen. The search area runs from the freeway on the north, Snelling Avenue on the east, the Mississippi River on the west and Ford Parkway on the south.

Starting today, volunteers will search in parks along the river and throughout the area.

Students who would like to help are asked to check in at the search operations center located in Room 154 of Murray-Herrick Campus Center. Students are asked to not skip classes, but to plan searches around their class schedules. The center is open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Food and beverages are available in the atrium just outside Room 154.

Volunteers from off campus and out of town who would like to help should call the center at (651) 962-6129.

All those interested in helping are asked to be sure to first check with the search operations center for directions and instructions.

Earlier this week, water patrol officers from both Washington and Ramsey counties were using boats to search along the river. The St. Paul Police Missing Persons unit is continuing its investigation. Tuesday, officers were using metal detectors along the river banks, between Summit and St. Clair avenues, to search for Zamlen's missing cell phone.

Police have asked volunteers not to search the steep river bank. However, with police cooperation, the spring clean-up along the river that has been sponsored annually for many years by the St. Thomas Green Team and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will be held as planned. The clean-up will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, April 18. Those participating in the clean-up will be given instructions at the site that day and will be asked to look for Zamlen's missing phone.

Since his disappearance, Zamlen's family has held daily or nearly daily meetings with St. Paul Police and other officials for updates about the investigation. St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman attended the family meeting on the St. Thomas campus yesterday afternoon.

Also yesterday, a prayer service for Zamlen was held 12:30 p.m. in the Florance Chapel, located in the lower level of the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas. "It has been one week since we gathered in prayer last Wednesday, April 8, on Dan’s birthday," Father Erich Rutten, director of Campus Ministry, said yesterday. "We will continue to pray each Wednesday."

Dale and Sally Zamlen yesterday spoke before a House committee at the Minnesota Capitol about a bill from GOP House Minority Leader Marty Seifert to change Minnesota's missing persons laws. The bill calls for faster and more aggressive searches when young adults are reported missing.

In addition to the UST Cares Web site, information about the search can be found at finddan.org, Facebook and Twitter.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the university's Public Safety Department at (651) 962-5555.

http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200916/Thursday/publicsafety4_16_09.cfm

[sarahhod]

Reward Doubles For Missing Student

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By KBJR News 1


Story Published: Apr 16, 2009 at 5:53 PM CDT
Story Updated: Apr 16, 2009 at 5:53 PM CDT

The reward has doubled for any information about the disappearance of the University of St. Thomas student from Eveleth.

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Dan Zamlen has now been missing for more than 10 days.
Meanwhile The search for Zamlen continued in St. Paul with another large group of volunteers from the Iron Range on hand to help.
Chris Buckley has our report.
About seventy-five volunteers left the Iron Range early Thursday morning the latest bunch to join a massive rescue effort in St. Paul.
Dan Zamlen was last seen near the Mississippi river on April 5th
"Today they're going to be expanding the search to parks and making sure all the parks have been thoroughly searched."
"This is the biggest group yet to go down and lend their support. They'll be joining hundreds of others already down there."
"It's so heartwarming to know how many people care. I've done some research on previous missing persons cases and you hear about 100 people volunteering for a search. In this case he have thousands and its very important to continue that with the goal being that we are going to find Dan. It's so vital to the family that we find him."
Zamlen graduated from Virginia High school last year he's well known throughout the community.
"Everybody knew him, he was involved with everything, he sat on student boards, his resume goes on and on."
Find dan dot org is opening a volunteer office at the Coates Plaza hotel in Virginia.
It will be staffed every day from 3:30 to 6:30 so local volunteers can show their support.
In Virginia Chris Buckley the Northlands Newscenter.
There will be a kickoff meeting for the new Iron Range office Thursday at the Coates Plaza hotel in Virginia and you can get the latest information at finddan.org.

http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/43131017.html

[sarahhod]

6:30 am zoomba z wrote
on thursday (2 days ago) in chicago at about 4:20 pm, i saw a man that looked a lot like dan zamlen on the cta el platform at clark and lake. He was with another man that looked similar to him, but shorter. They were consulting the posted cta map. Could that be him?



Hope this person contacted LE.

http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/43131017.html

[sarahhod]

Search for missing St. Thomas student expands

Last update: April 17, 2009 - 8:08 PM


Volunteers have knocked on more than 7,000 doors in the search for missing St. Paul college student Dan Zamlen, and as his disappearance nears the two-week mark, searchers plan to hit 3,000 more, a search organizer said Friday.
Chris Ismil, director of Iron Range Youth in Action, said the door-knocking effort would expand the search area to about a 3-mile radius from where Zamlen was last believed to have been.
Zamlen, 19, a University of St. Thomas freshman and Eveleth, Minn., native, disappeared early on April 5 after his cell phone cut out and after he had told a friend that he was walking on St. Clair Avenue near Mississippi River Boulevard S.
Ismil, who has been leading the local volunteer search effort, said teams with metal detectors also searched Thursday and Friday for Zamlen's iPhone.
"Not only are we not slowing down, but we're expanding our efforts," he said.
Ismil said volunteers plan this weekend to notify area businesses about the $10,000 reward for information that could lead to finding Zamlen.
Organizers also will map out next week's search strategies, he said.

http://www.startribune.com/local/43206037.html

[sarahhod]

Search Center Opens For Missing Student

Story Updated: Apr 17, 2009 at 5:14 PM CDT

While volunteers continue to search in St. Paul for missing Eveleth resident Dan Zamlen, friends have set up an office in Virginia to coordinate efforts closer to home.

Many family friends of the Zamlen's, and other search organizers will be holding daily meetings at the Coates Hotel in Virginia.

The group's goal is to keep people on the Iron Range informed about the search, coordinate buses, seek out volunteers and to collect donations to fund continuing search efforts.

http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/43198902.html (http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/43198902.html)

[annalyzer]

Missing Persons Bill Will Require Quicker Response Time

April 20, 2009 at 11:05pm

The Minnesota House has unanimously approved legislation that would require a quicker response when young adults go missing.It's backed by families of missing young adults including Dan Zamlen of Eveleth, a St. Thomas student who disappeared earlier this month.The changes would require a more aggressive law enforcement response for missing adults up to age 21 and for older adults who disappear under suspicious or dangerous circumstances.

http://www.keyc.com/node/20795

[Faith]

Editorial: 'Brandon's Law' merits support

Bill would speed investigations of missing, endangered adults.

Last update: April 26, 2009 - 7:38 AM


Few parents have escaped at least one of these terror-filled moments. You turn around at a store, a park or out in the yard, and suddenly there's no trace of the child who was there just seconds before. The situation's almost always resolved in seconds or minutes, but the stomach-churning, mind-numbing fear is unforgettable.

The feeling is just as strong if that missing son or daughter happens to be college-aged. Almost a year after her 19-year-old son Brandon disappeared in southwest Minnesota, Annette Swanson's voice trembles as she describes the panicked chaos after his last cell phone call home ended at 3:10 a.m. May 14. He'd driven into a ditch. The connection died. Three hours later, after finding no trace of him, the couple called law enforcement, only to find that officials did not share their sense of urgency. "They took our call and started to take down basic information. As soon as they got his age ... they literally told me he has the right to be missing,'' said Swanson. "I knew it was wrong. I know Brandon. I'm his mother and I knew something was horribly wrong.''

The Legislature is poised to take a timely, much-needed step to help families like the Swansons get the rapid response they need from law enforcement. The measure, championed by Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, would ensure missing adults in situations like Brandon's are handled with the comparable speed and resources provided by law enforcement in potential child abductions.

Fittingly known as "Brandon's Law,'' the bill would require law enforcement to take a missing person report right away and accelerate the response if the person is considered "endangered." That includes situations in which the missing person needs medical attention or when the disappearance clearly wasn't voluntary or occurred in dangerous circumstances.

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/43648307.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7Pa P3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

[Nut44x4]

Body Found in River Near Ford Plant
Body found in Mississippi River in St. Paul
Created On: Friday, 01 May 2009, 3:24 PM CDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A man's body was recovered from the Mississippi River in St. Paul early Friday afternoon, after workers at the Ford assembly plant spotted it and called police.

Police identified the body, which Ford plant workers said was an adult, white male. The workers spotted the body around 11 a.m. Friday, as it was caught in a grate that catches debris near the Ford plant.

St. Paul police spokesman Pete Panos said identification was found on the body, but that information, and other details, will be held until at least 6 p.m. Friday.

The Ford assembly plant site is near the area where University of St. Thomas student Dan Zamlen was reported missing in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 5.

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Body_Mississippi_River_Ford_Plant_May_1_2009

[sarahhod]

REPORT: Body pulled from river is missing St. Thomas student

http://kaaltv.com/kstpImages/zamlen_dan.jpg
http://kaaltv.com/kstpImages/000arrow.gif Zamlen website (http://www.finddan.org/)



The body of missing St. Thomas student Dan Zamlen has reportedly been found in the Mississippi River according to a family friend, says the Duluth News Tribune.
St. Paul Police tells 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that workers at the Ford Assembly Plant found the body of a white male shortly before noon.
The department says they will be releasing more details after an autopsy around 6 p.m.
The plant is near the location of where St. Thomas freshman Dan Zamlen, 19, was reported missing from on April 5.
Police say Zamlen went to a party that night on St. Clair Avenue. His sister had told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he had left on his own.
She believed something had made him angry and he wanted to cool off.
He then called a friend to say he was walking along the Mississippi River when the conversation ended abruptly, according to police. The last thing his friend said she heard was, "Help, oh my God."
Since his disappearance, hundreds of Zamlen's family and friends have made numerous attempts to locate him in organized searches.
In the time Zamlen had been missing, his 19th birthday came and went, with his parents holding a prayer vigil in his honor.
Friends from Zamlen's hometown of Eveleth say they had planned to travel to the Twin Cities in order to search this weekend in St. Paul.
On April 20, the Minnesota House unanimously approved legislation that would require a quicker response when young adults go missing in part due to Zamlen's case.
The changes would require a more aggressive law enforcement response for missing adults up to age 21 and for older adults who disappear under suspicious or dangerous circumstances.

http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S910094.shtml?cat=10728

[packy]

I am so sorry and was hoping he would be found alive.

My condolences to Daniel's family and friends.

[Faith]

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief.

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[Grande]

My sincerest condolences to Daniel's friends and family.

[TigressPen]

Prayers and condolences go out to his family. May God give them strength to bear this tragedy.

[sarahhod]

Rest in Peace Daniel.

My condolences to your friends and family at this devastating time.

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[sarahhod]

Body of missing St. Thomas student found in Mississippi River

By Emily Kaiser in Obituary (http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/obituary/)
Monday, May. 4 2009 @ 8:23AM

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The search for University of St. Thomas freshman Dan Zamlen ended Friday after his body was discovered downstream in the Mississippi River Friday morning.

Zamlen went missing on April 5 after a night of drinking. He left the party upset and called a friend during his walk home. In the last moments of the conversation, Zamlen cried out for help before the phone went dead.

Large volunteer search teams had been scouring the river bluffs near the site of his phone call, but there had been no signs of his disappearance until now.

His body was found around 11:45 a.m. by a Ford Motor Co. worker who was down by the water checking for debris at the plant's water intake filters, according to the Pioneer Press (http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_12276904?source=rss).

More from the PiPress (http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_12276904?source=rss):Zamlen was initially identified by ID cards found in a wallet on the body, according to sources who were informed of the discovery by police.

St. Paul police did not release further details, including whether there were signs of foul play. The Ramsey County medical examiner was performing an autopsy Friday evening.

Zamlen's family, who had reached out to the media and the public throughout the ordeal, said through school officials that they wished to be left alone to grieve.

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/05/body_of_missing.php

[annalyzer]

I'd like to know how he ended up in the river. He was waiting and watching for his friend's headlights, for his friend to come pick him up. Why would he walk down over the riverbank?

[Amusedtdth]

I'd like to know how he ended up in the river. He was waiting and watching for his friend's headlights, for his friend to come pick him up. Why would he walk down over the riverbank?

Perhaps he fell, his friends did say they heard him yell "oh my God" several times.

[Faith]

Services set for University of St. Thomas student Daniel Zamlen

Memorial and funeral services for University of St. Thomas student Daniel Zamlen will be held Thursday, May 7, on the University of St. Thomas' St. Paul campus and Saturday, May 9, in his hometown of Eveleth.

Zamlen, 19, is the son of Sally and Dale Zamlen of Eveleth. Authorities recovered his body on Friday, May 1, in the Mississippi River near the Ford dam. Dan had been missing since leaving an off-campus party on Sunday, April 5.

Thursday's service is not a funeral, but a memorial Mass; it will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas, located along Cleveland Avenue about a block and a half north of Summit Avenue. The University has decided that the memorial Mass on campus will not be open to the media, so cameras will not be allowed inside the chapel.


Saturday's funeral Mass will be held at noon at the Resurrection Catholic Church, 301 Adams Ave., in Eveleth. Visitation will be held at the church that day from 10 a.m. until noon. A lunch will be served after the funeral at the Eveleth Curling Club.

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=680534&catid=14

[nomadpatti]

:sad0119:Rest in Peace Daniel :1222423:

[Faith]

Updated at: 05/06/2009 9:23 PM
By: Renee Passal
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Support and Spaghetti


Hundreds of people on the Iron Range turned out for a spaghetti dinner for the family of Dan Zamlen.

The dinner was held on Wednesday night, at the Resurrection Church in Eveleth.

People were lined up around block, waiting to show their support for the Zamlens.

The event was organized by volunteers and fraternal groups. They made enough pasta and meatballs for about 1000 people.

Volunteers estimate about $5,000 was raised.

Dan disappeared on April 5th. His body was found in the Mississippi River last Friday.

His death breaks the hearts of many.

The funeral is set for 12pm on Saturday, at the Resurrection Church in Eveleth. Visitation begins at 10am

http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S918511.shtml?cat=10349

[sarahhod]

Zamlen funeral on Saturday


Family and friends of Dan Zamlen will say their final goodbye to the Eveleth native at his funeral this weekend.
The service will be Saturday at noon at Resurrection Catholic Church in Eveleth. Visitation will precede the service at the church starting at 10 a.m.
Zamlen, who was attending the University of St. Thomas, went missing April 5 while walking home from a party along the Mississippi River. After weeks of searching, the 18-year-old’s body was discovered in the river on Friday.



http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/119628/

[sarahhod]

Published May 07 2009

DANIEL FRANK RAKOVETZ ZAMLEN

Daniel Frank Rakovetz Zamlen, 19, of Eveleth was found Friday, May 1, 2009 in St. Paul.
He was born April 8, 1990, in Duluth to Dale P. and Sally L. (Rakovetz) Zamlen.
He was preceded in death by his best friends, Dan's grandparents, Frank "Kobe" and Marjorie (Pufall) Rakovetz and grandfather, Frank Zamlen.
He is survived by his parents, Dale and Sally Zamlen of Eveleth; sister, Andrea at home; his dog "Buddy"; grandmother, Mabel Zamlen of Eveleth; aunt, uncles and cousins; Linda Rakovetz (Pat Molick) and Allison of Britt; David (Roberta) Zamlen and Brenda Zamlen and Andrew all of Sartell and Robert Zamlen of Chisholm; Duane Zamlen of Eveleth and Kassi Zamlen of Lake Vermilion and Donald Zamlen of Eveleth.
MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL: 12 noon, Saturday in Resurrection Catholic Church, Eveleth. Con-celebrants will be Fr. Charles Flynn and Fr. Erich Rutten. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. in the church. Interment will be at Eveleth Cemetery. To sign the guest book online and to leave a memorial message, go to: www.cron-sheehy.com (http://www.cron-sheehy.com) In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to Resurrection Catholic Church, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2626 East 82nd St., Ste. 225, Bloomington, MN 55425 www.jdrf.org/mnnd; (http://www.jdrf.org/mnnd;) Voyageurs Area Council Boy Scouts of America, 3877 Stebner Rd., Duluth, MN 55811.



http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/obituary/id/119658/

[sarahhod]

Published May 08 2009

Zamlens: New law part of son's legacy

Dale and Sally Zamlen said they hope the bill Gov. Pawlenty signed into law Thursday will mean quicker searches will result in more missing persons being found alive.

By: Louise Ernewein, Duluth News Tribune

The body of missing St. Thomas student Dan Zamlen has reportedly been found in the Mississippi River, a family friend said this afternoon.

The same day Dan Zamlen’s parents attended a memorial service in St. Paul for their son, Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed into law a measure to help families in similar situations.

Dale and Sally Zamlen of Eveleth spoke last month before a legislative committee in support of “Brandon’s Law,” which requires a more aggressive response from police for missing adults who disappear in dangerous or suspicious circumstances.

“It may have helped, us saying what we did, but I wish I would have found my son, instead,” Dale Zamlen said Thursday.

Dale and Sally Zamlen testified to legislators about the impact Brandon’s Law could have had on their situation, even as the search continued for Dan by hundreds of friends and family from the Iron Range and University of St. Thomas, where he was a student.

“I am sure [our testifying] helped,” Dale Zamlen said, “but I say there were a lot of other good people before us who had the foresight to even get the law changed.”

St. Paul police told Sally and Dale Zamlen that they could not act immediately after their son went missing on April 5, as because was, at 18, legally an adult.

Under the new legislation, search-and-rescue attempts can be launched instantly, using cell phone tracking technology and other methods to find a missing adult.

Dan Zamlen’s body was found May 1, almost a month after he disappeared in the Mississippi River at the Ford Motor Co. power plant in St. Paul.

The Brandon’s Law bill was introduced by Representative Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, after meeting with the family of Brandon Swanson, a

19-year-old student from Seifert’s district who went missing in similar circumstances to Dan Zamlen’s. Swanson has not been found.

“His parents feel if other families can be helped by this law, it’s worth it,” said Seifert, who met also with Sally and Dale Zamlen before their testimony on the bill.

He said the aim of the bill, which becomes law on July 1, was to bring more consistency to the police response statewide.

“Whether you go missing in St. Louis County or Hennepin County, you are treated equally, regardless of where you live in Minnesota,” said Seifert. “Right now, it’s a lot of patchwork.”

As the governor signed the bill on Thursday, watched by the Swanson family and the parents of Jon Francis, a 24-year-old from Stillwater, Minn., who disappeared in Idaho in 2006, he paid tribute to the third family who played a part in the bill’s recent history.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Zamlen family as well, today, particularly as they celebrate [Dan’s] life with that memorial service,” Pawlenty said.

Sally and Dale Zamlen are still waiting for the cause of their son’s death.

Toxicology reports will take up to three weeks to be filed with the Ramsey County medical examiner, St. Paul police spokesman Peter Panos said Thursday. No preliminary report will be released.

On Wednesday, more than 800 people gathered at the Resurrection Catholic Church in Eveleth for a spaghetti dinner.

Originally intended as a fundraiser for the ongoing search-and-rescue effort, it was decided to go ahead with the event after Dan Zamlen, a 2008 graduate of Virginia High School, was found.

The $8,045 raised will go into a memorial fund established by the Zamlen family, which probably will award scholarships to students from the area.

“Dan’s legacy will continue, even though his life was cut short,” said Chris Ismil, director of the Find Dan search and rescue operation.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/119717/

[packy]

I'd like to know how he ended up in the river. He was waiting and watching for his friend's headlights, for his friend to come pick him up. Why would he walk down over the riverbank?

I wondered too since there was no report of slide marks.

Glad to hear about the new bill in his memory so that there will be sooner response for someone who has disappeared.

[stephimia]

How sad, this is so tragic. Prayers go out to his friends and family.

[Nut44x4]

The University of St. Thomas student whose body was found in the Mississippi River last month accidentally drowned, according to autopsy results released today.
http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_12510245

St. Thomas student's death ruled accidental
June 3, 2009
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — The Ramsey County medical examiner's office has ruled the death of University of St. Thomas freshman Dan Zamlen an accidental drowning.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/06/03/st_thomas_students_death_ruled_accidental_/

[packy]

I believe it that he drowned but somehow can't fully accept that it was accidental.

[Faith]

Who Gave Zamlen Alcohol?

Published : Wednesday, 03 Jun 2009, 10:14 PM CDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. - There's now a criminal investigation in the death of Dan Zamlen, who drown in the Mississippi after leaving a party where there was underage drinking.

St. Paul police are confirming that they've closed the death and missing person investigation in the case of Zamlen. But they say they're now looking into who supplied alcohol to the 18-year-old before he died.

Investigators also believe Zamlen may have obtained alcohol on his own before the party. Police say the latest investigation could take a couple of weeks.

The Ramsey County medical examiner on Wednesday ruled the death of Zamlen as accidental.

Zamlen went missing in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 5. Family and friends said he was upset when leaving a house party on the 2100 block of St. Clair Ave. His body was found May 1 in the Mississippi River near the Ford assembly plant in St. Paul. Volunteer search efforts remained strong throughout April, with busloads of people from the Iron Range joining the search in St. Paul.

“The care, concern and efforts of the hundreds of volunteers and well-wishers, during the search for Dan serves as a powerful reminder of the value of a supportive community,” said St. Paul Police Western District Senior Commander Colleen Luna. “The tragic death of a child is any parent’s worst nightmare - our thoughts are with the Zamlen family,” she added.

Zamlen's autopsy report will not be released, in accordance with the Minnesota Data Practices Act.

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/metro/Who_Gave_Zamlen_Alcohol_june_03_2009