Searchers Scale Mississippi River Bluffs

St. Paul police scaled the Mississippi River bluffs Friday, using special search and rescue equipment, in the search for clues in the case of missing University of St. Thomas student Dan Zamlen.

Police have scaled back their active search for Zamlen, saying they've reached a point where they've looked everywhere they can.

Around 3 a.m. Sunday morning, Dan 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.