Search for Dan Zamlen Suspended

ST. PAUL, Minn. - After a three-day search turned up nothing, police said Tuesday they will suspend the active search for missing University of St. Thomas Dan Zamlen.

Police will continue to investigate Zamlen's disappearance, but their day-to-day search won't continue unless they get specific information about his possible whereabouts.

Zamlen turns 19 on Wednesday.

Around 3 a.m. Sunday morning, Zamlen left a house party on the 2100 block of St. Clair Ave., near the St. Thomas campus.

Family members said Zamlen, 18, had been drinking alcohol and is a type-one diabetic. He apparently left the party upset.

Sarah Nelson and Anna Chapuis, two of Zamlen's friends, were the last to talk to him, around 3 a.m. Sunday.

"Dan called me and said he was walking toward the river and I said, whoa, I'm coming to pick you up," Nelson, said.

The last words heard on that phone call were, "Oh my god, oh my god, I'm slipping." At that point, the phone cut out and the friends called police.

About 600 volunteers turned out to help look for the 18-year-old freshman Monday afternoon. Bloodhounds searched the Mississippi River bluffs but came up empty.