BYRON, Minn. – The body found in a retention pond behind the Byron police station has been identified as that of a cheese-processing plant employee missing two weeks — 39-year-old Wade Gordon Jr. of Rochester. He had been seen last about 2 a.m. on July 7. He was leaving his job two miles away at the Ornua cheese plant. He was on foot. His car was left in the Ornua parking lot. The mother of his children reported him missing he next morning. It was unlike him not to come home, she said. A preliminary autopsy found no signs of foul play. Nor did the autopsy identify a cause of death.
Earlier: Body found in Byron pond; no immediate identification
Gordon. How did he die? Why? When? Questions linger.