St. Cloud police ask for public's help in search for missing man

Jesse Dady
Jesse Dady has been missing since March 25.
Courtesy of St. Cloud Police Department

Police are searching for a 21-year-old man who has been missing since early Saturday morning in downtown St. Cloud.

Jesse Aaron Dady was last seen at about 1:30 a.m. Police have video footage of Dady walking alone north from downtown St. Cloud. Officers have searched the area where he was last seen and the shoreline of the Mississippi River without any success.

Dady is a junior at St. Cloud State University studying biochemistry, according to university spokesperson Adam Hammer. Hammer said the university is offering support to Dady's friends and family and to the police department during the search. Counseling services are being offered to other students on campus, Hammer said.

Dady is described as a white male about 6 feet tall and 150 pounds with hazel eyes and blonde hair. He was last seen wearing a blaze-orange hat, gray jacket and blue jeans.

Anyone with information about Dady is asked to contact the St. Cloud Police Department at 320-255-1301.

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