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Missing Minnesota mother-of-three found in a pond, encased in 500lb block of ICE – Elizabeth Ward-Perrault, has been missing since November

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Body<&sol;strong><strong> found encased in 500lb block of ICE is identified as mother-of-three who had been missing since Nov<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Elizabeth Ward-Perrault&comma; disappeared on Nov 1 and was found&comma; encased in ice&comma; 5 miles from her apartment in Burnsville&comma; Minn<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>A passerby spotted her body of Ward-Perrault&comma; 41&comma; in 6ft of water in a small pond by Minnesota River<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Police reportedly&comma; discovered a large blood stain on a carpet in the apt Perrault shared with her boyfriend<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong>He&&num;8217&semi;d claimed she went to rehab in November&comma; in the company of two women <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Police who said his story changed over the weeks are treating her death as &&num;8216&semi;suspic<&sol;strong>ious&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292097" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Elizabeth-Ward-Perrault-2&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Elizabeth Ward- Perrault 2" width&equals;"550" height&equals;"366" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Elizabeth Perrault disappeared on Nov 1&period; Her body was found five miles from her apt in Burnsville&comma; Minn&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The body of a Minnesota woman who was missing for six months has been found frozen in water&comma; five miles from her home in Burnsville&comma; Minn&period;&comma; last Sunday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Elizabeth Perrault&comma; 41&comma; disappeared on November 1&comma; 2017&period; The mother-of-three&&num;8217&semi;s body was found encased in 500 lb of ice&period; A passerby spotted a body in 6ft of water in a small pond near the Minnesota River a week ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-292109" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Elizabeth-Ward-Perrault-8&period;png" alt&equals;"Elizabeth Ward- Perrault 8&period;jpeg" width&equals;"623" height&equals;"617" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;A cause of death has not yet been released for Elizabeth Perrault&comma; but police described her death as &&num;8216&semi;highly suspicious&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">The body of Elizabeth Perrault was found encased in a 500lb block of ice&period; The mother-of-three had been missing since November &period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Elizabeth V&period; Perrault&comma; 41&comma; had not been seen since Nov&period; 1&comma; when she paid her rent on that apartment&comma; according to search warrant affidavits filed in Dakota County District Court by police&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A passerby spotted Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s body in 6ft of water in a small pond near the Minnesota River last Sunday&period; The ice is being defrosted slowly in an attempt to preserve evidence&period; &&num;8216&semi;We had to cut her out&period; That chunk was about 500 pounds&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Dakota County Sheriff Tim Leslie told the <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;startribune&period;com&sol;body-found-in-frozen-pond-near-minnesota-river-is-id-d-death-suspicious&sol;480937811&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Star Tribune<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It was quite the recovery operation&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police had classified Perrault’s disappearance as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;unexplained and highly suspicious&comma;” based in part on evidence collected in her empty apartment three months after she was last seen&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A stain on the carpet and the pad beneath measuring 3 feet by 2 feet &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;tested positive for the presence of blood&comma;” as did the stain underneath on the floor&comma; the court filing continued&period; Authorities said the autopsy possibly revealing how Perrault was killed&comma; is expected in a few days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292106" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Elizabeth-Ward-Perrault-7&period;png" alt&equals;"Elizabeth Ward- Perrault 7&period;jpeg" width&equals;"707" height&equals;"370" &sol;><strong>Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s body was spotted in 6ft of water in a small pond near the Minnesota River last Sunday&comma; by a passerby<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292098" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Elizabeth-Ward-Perrault-3&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Elizabeth Ward- Perrault 3" width&equals;"678" height&equals;"452" &sol;>Investigators said the found a large &&num;8216&semi;significant stain&&num;8217&semi; on a carpet in the apt Perrault shared with her boyfriend&period; The blood had soaked into the floorboards as well<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">A passerby spotted Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s body in 6ft of water in a small pond near the Minnesota River last Sunday&period; The ice is being defrosted slowly in an attempt to preserve evidence<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;We had to cut her out&period; That chunk was about 500 pounds&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Dakota County Sheriff Tim Leslie told the Star Tribune&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It was quite the recovery operation&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The ice is being defrosted slowly in an attempt to preserve evidence and prevent decomposition&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A cause of death has not yet been released but police described Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s death as &&num;8216&semi;highly suspicious&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Perrault lived with her boyfriend&comma; who told police that he last saw her in November when she left with two women to go to a treatment facility&period;  Investigators said they found a large &&num;8216&semi;significant stain&&num;8217&semi; on a carpet in the apartment that had soaked into the floor and tested positive for blood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292110" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Elizabeth-Ward-Perrault-9&period;png" alt&equals;"Elizabeth Ward- Perrault 9" width&equals;"664" height&equals;"356" &sol;><strong>Police cordon off the area around the small pond near the Minnesota River last Sunday after Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s remains was spotted <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292111" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Elizabeth-Ward-Perrault-10&period;png" alt&equals;"Elizabeth Ward- Perrault 10" width&equals;"694" height&equals;"365" &sol;><strong>Perrault was found encased in 500lbs of ice&period; &&num;8216&semi;We had to cut her out&period; That chunk was about 500 pounds&comma;&&num;8217&semi; police said<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">A cause of death has not yet been released but police described Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance as &&num;8216&semi;unexplained and highly suspicious&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Perrault lived with her boyfriend&comma; who told police that he last saw her in November when she left with two women to go to a treatment facility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Investigators found a large &&num;8216&semi;significant stain&&num;8217&semi; on a carpet in her apartment that had soaked into the floor and tested positive for blood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Authorities said Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s body had been in the ice for a long time and that she likely died in November or December<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Friends and family members revealed that Perrault had struggled with alcoholism over the years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But authorities said that Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s boyfriend&&num;8217&semi;s story changed as the weeks went by&comma; according to <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kstp&period;com&sol;news&sol;human-remains-burnsville-500-pound-chunk-of-ice-&sol;4880933&sol;&quest;cat&equals;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">KSTP<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities began investigating Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance on February 22 after two friends reported that she was missing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her apartment manager said that the last time he saw Perrault she looked &&num;8216&semi;sick&&num;8217&semi;&period; He guessed that she must have weighed &&num;8217&semi;85 pounds&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s last picture on Facebook&comma; posted in June&comma; shows that she was receiving chemotherapy at the time&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities said Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s body had been in the ice for a long time and that she likely died in November or December&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292099" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Elizabeth-Ward-Perrault-4&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Elizabeth Ward- Perrault 4" width&equals;"666" height&equals;"443" &sol;><strong>Perrault was described as emaciated and looked &&num;8216&semi;sic&&num;8217&semi; when last seen&period; Her apt manager  guessed that she must have weighed &&num;8217&semi;85 pounds&&num;8217&semi; before her disappearance&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Authorities began investigating Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance on February 22 after two friends reported that she was missing&period; Her apartment manager said she looked &&num;8216&semi;sick&&num;8217&semi; and guessed that she must have weighed &&num;8217&semi;85 pounds&&num;8217&semi; during the last time he saw her<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Friends have since launched a <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;elizabeth-perrault-final-expenses&quest;member&equals;113090" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">GoFundMe<&sol;a> campaign to support Perrault&&num;8217&semi;s children&comma; who live with their father&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It describes Perrault as &&num;8216&semi;one of the most giving and down to earth people you will ever meet&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;She had an infectious laugh and a sense of humor like no other&period; Her huge passion for life allowed her to experience so many different things&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-292096" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Elizabeth-Perrault-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Elizabeth Perrault 1" width&equals;"718" height&equals;"697" &sol;><strong>Elizabeth Ward-Perrault was reported missing on February 22 by two friends&comma; who had not seen her for a while<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;Elizabeth left a path of human kindness wherever she went and with whomever she met&period; Her children are so much like her in so many ways&comma; they will definitely be her legacy&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Elizabeth loved deeply and without conditions&period; She will be sadly missed&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;She had an infectious laugh and a sense of humor like no other&period; Her huge passion for life allowed her to experience so many different things&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Elizabeth loved deeply and without conditions&period; She will be sadly missed&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"most-watched-videos-wrapper" class&equals;"item " data-track-module&equals;"am-most&lowbar;watched&lowbar;videos&lowbar;062016&Hat;most&lowbar;watched&lowbar;videos" data-track-selector&equals;"&period;channel-link" data-track-pos&equals;"static" data-track-type&equals;"cl" data-swipe-article&equals;"false"><&sol;div>&NewLine;

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