MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There could be a new development in a missing persons case from 1989. Authorities announced Sunday they executed a search warrant as part of the decades-old investigation.
The search warrant was executed around 9 a.m. Sunday at a residence on the 9700 block of Hemlock Lane North in Maple Grove.
At a press conference Sunday afternoon, Maple Grove Police Captain Keith Terlinden says it’s in connection to the disappearance of Amy Sue Pagnac, who was 13 years old at the time. Pagnax used to live in the residence searched Sunday.
“We plan on being on this site for several days and we’ll try as much as we can not to disrupt the community,” Terlinden said.
On Aug. 5, 1989, Pagnac went on a day-trip with her non-biological father, Marshall Midden, to a family property in Isanti County. On the way home, the two stopped at a Holiday gas station in Osseo. Pagnac waited in the car while Midden used the restroom.
Midden told authorities that when he returned to the car, Pagnac was gone.
The latest search is part of an effort between Maple Grove Police, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Police are being quiet on the exact reason why they’re at the residence.
“The actual details of why we’re here today, I can’t give them to you at this time,” Terlinden said. “The search warrant that we executed today is a sealed document, so it will not be public data.”
Terlinden says no one is in custody at this time.
