by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
An investigation is still underway involving the death of a man who was found Dec. 7 in a Benton County ditch along Hwy. 10.
The man was identified later as Seth Taylor Juedes of Andover. He had been reported as missing by his friends the day before, Dec. 6.
Investigators are waiting on the results of a toxicology test before announcing a cause of the 22-year-old’s death.
According to a report released by Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck, the St. Cloud Police Department and the Benton County Sheriff’s Department, both were involved in the search for the missing man. A friend had called the St. Cloud Police Department to express concern that Juedes had not been seen or heard of since the night before when he was spending time with friends.
Law enforcement officers determined Juedes had last been seen on foot in the parking lot of Sugar Daddy’s, an exotic-dancing establishment in rural Sauk Rapids about six miles south of Rice on Hwy. 10. On the morning of Dec. 7, a St. Cloud investigator was in the area, seeking clues about Juedes’ whereabouts, when he noticed a body lying in a ditch near the intersection of Hwy. 10 and CR 33, an area that is about a mile south of the Sugar Daddy’s location.
The site where the body was found was secured by law enforcement as the investigation continues. The body was then transported to the Midwest Medical Examiner’s office for positive identification and an autopsy.
Sheriff Heck said the man’s death does not point to any danger for the general public.
Seth Taylor Juedes
