Autopsy result:  Accidental drowing

By Molly Miron
Bemidji Pioneer

Special Agent in Charge Ralph S. Boelter of the Minneapolis FBI Office announced Tuesday the results of the autopsies of Tristan Anthony White, 4, and Avery Lee Stately, 2.

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner provided the FBI with a copy of the provisional report regarding the autopsies. The provisional report indicated there is no evidence of any traumatic injuries to either Tristan or Avery. The cause of their deaths is listed as probable accidental freshwater drowning.

The brothers disappeared from their home in the Walking Shield neighborhood of the Red Lake Reservation Nov. 22. A massive search last fall failed to find any sign of the boys.

The FBI resumed the search Sunday morning. Dogs soon found the scent and the boys’ bodies were recovered encased in ice from First Thunders Lake about a half-mile from there.