MN MN - Heather Lamperd, 26, November 2/3, 1989, Last seen leaving work in Minneapolis, found the next day in North Branch, MN in the Sunrise River

[Piknik]

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There is very little information on this case.

November 7th, 1989 - St. Cloud Times

November 14th, 1989 - Minneapolis Star Tribune

 

[cenazoic]

Frustratingly, the MN BCA doesn’t list her on their ‘Spotlight on Crime’ page for cold cases on their site:

Spotlight On Crime - Home

dps.mn.gov

 

[Teamir]

I found a case summary from 2020

Heather Lamperd murdered 3 November 1989 | The Published Pen

The murder of 26-year-old Heather Lamperd of Minneapolis on November of 1989

thepublishedpen.com

 

[Teamir]

I found a case summary from 2020

Heather Lamperd murdered 3 November 1989 | The Published Pen

The murder of 26-year-old Heather Lamperd of Minneapolis on November of 1989

thepublishedpen.com

“Heather was last seen alive leaving work at 3:30 pm on Thursday, 2 November 1989 from the main office of NSP (now known as Excel Energy), 414 Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. She was known to usually take the 16 bus to her apartment at Cedar Square East in the west bank area of the University of Minnesota”

“Her body was found at 10 am Friday 3 November 1989 in the shallow water of the Sunrise River off State Highway 95 about 4.5 miles east of North Branch, MN in Chisago County. It appears that her body was thrown into the river from a small bridge on Highway 95. Heather was 5’2” tall and weighed 110 Lbs and had reddish blond hair.”

 

[Piknik]

Donald Blom was in a halfway house in Minneapolis at this time. He had a cabin in Moose Lake, MN (you go through North Branch to get there).

The Sunrise River where she was found is a popular east/west corridor in central Minnesota. It's one of the only highways that carries traffic directly east from central Minnesota.