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St. Louis County Sheriff's Office News Release

Incident Date:

08/12/21

Incident Time:  11:30AM

Incident location: Sand lake, Britt area / north of Virginia

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Name: Philip Poulose

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Age: 21

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Address: Roseville, MN

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Incident Summary: On 8-12-2021, at around 4 PM, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office and Rescue Squad responded to Sand Lake in unorganized township, 60-18 in the Britt area, for a water emergency.  Philip Poulose and a friend were canoeing on the lake during very windy weather when the waves started to flood their canoe.  Philip told his friend he was going to swim for the shoreline and his friend swam to a small island where he was eventually rescued. Neither had a life jacket with them.

The St. Louis County Rescue Squad has been and continues to search the island and the lake for Philip.

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Authority: Sergeant Grant Toma

Date:    8-13-21                                                    Time: 2:30 AM

Additional Information or Update: The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office and Rescue Squad have been searching diligently since the incident began. Search efforts 

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Authority: Supervising Deputy Nate Skelton     Date:8/16/21 Time:12:00PM

Additional information/Update: The St Louis County Sheriff's Office and Rescue Squad located and recovered the body of Philip Poulose this morning on Sand Lake in Britt, MN. Poulose had been missing since 8/12/21 after entering the water with another party after their canoe flooded. The recovery brings a 4 day exhaustive search operation to an end.