Authorities have found the body of Danielle Jelinek, the 27-year-old Oakdale woman who was last seen five months ago at a Chisago Lake Township residence.
Her body was located at about 3 p.m. Friday, May 10, in a small lake just west of Kodiak Avenue and 261st Street, near the home of 28-year-old Aaron Jude Schnagl, where she was last seen alive Dec. 8.
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