Child's body found in Minnesota lake, mom and 2 more children missing in "potential triple-homicide"

The body of a child was found in a lake just north of St. Paul, Minnesota, Friday, and the search continued for their mother and her two other children in what authorities are calling a "potential triple-homicide." Authorities believe their disappearance may be connected to the death of an adult man earlier in the day. 

The incident began at about 10:30 a.m. local time when police were called to a reported suicide at a home in Maplewood, a city just west of St. Paul. They found an adult man dead at the scene, Maplewood Police Lt. Joe Steiner said at an evening news conference. The exact cause of death was not disclosed, and Steiner said it remains under investigation.

At approximately 4 p.m., police responded to Vadnais Lake on information of a possible murder-suicide that might be connected to the Maplewood death, Steiner said. Authorities began to search the lake for three children and a woman.