Missing Since 1967, Roy Benn’s Case Finally Closed

FOLEY (WJON News) -- A cause of death has been determined in the Roy Benn case.

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Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck says the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office concluded that Benn died as the result of a single vehicle motor vehicle crash with water submersion.  No evidence of foul play was found in Benn's death, and the case will be closed with the death being ruled accidental.

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On August 13th, law enforcement recovered the body of Roy Benn from the Mississippi River in Sartell.  He had been reported as missing from Benton County in September of 1967.

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