07/07/2003 - The body of a toddler thrown into the Mississippi River by his mother before Friday's Taste of Minnesota fireworks in downtown St. Paul was found Sunday by three men in a boat.
The boaters found the boy about 5:15 p.m. near an island between St. Paul Park and Inver Grove Heights, about 11 miles south of the Wabasha Street bridge, where Naomi Gaines threw her twin sons from an observation deck before jumping into the river.
Family members identified the boy as Sincere Understanding Allah, 14 months.
"It does appear that it is the child from St. Paul," said Dakota County Sheriff Don Gudmundson.
Kenneth Rice of Inver Grove Heights was one of the three men who spotted the toddler in the water. "It's the worst thing you have ever seen," he said. "All of us were so shocked."
He said he and five friends were on their way back to the River Heights Marina in Inver Grove Heights when they saw people in a boat anchored near the island waving at them. "They were signaling to us like there was something in the water because it was a ways from them," he said. "When we came closer, we noticed that it was a little baby.
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The boaters found the boy about 5:15 p.m. near an island between St. Paul Park and Inver Grove Heights, about 11 miles south of the Wabasha Street bridge, where Naomi Gaines threw her twin sons from an observation deck before jumping into the river.
Family members identified the boy as Sincere Understanding Allah, 14 months.
"It does appear that it is the child from St. Paul," said Dakota County Sheriff Don Gudmundson.
Kenneth Rice of Inver Grove Heights was one of the three men who spotted the toddler in the water. "It's the worst thing you have ever seen," he said. "All of us were so shocked."
He said he and five friends were on their way back to the River Heights Marina in Inver Grove Heights when they saw people in a boat anchored near the island waving at them. "They were signaling to us like there was something in the water because it was a ways from them," he said. "When we came closer, we noticed that it was a little baby.
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How sad. The poor thing
