Update by: Austin Erickson
FARGO, N.D. – Fargo Police Chief David Zibolski said at a news conference on Monday, February 12th the investigation into the missing woman 25-year-old Isadora Wengel involves “large concerns of foul play involved.”
Zibolski and West Fargo Police Chief Pete Nielsen and members of the Cass County State’s Attorney’s office didn’t take questions “because of the complexities of the investigation,” Zibolski said.
“The key things that we wanted you to know are that we have a large contingent working together doing a very large, complex investigation,” Zibolski said.
Zibolski said police don’t believe there’s a threat to public safety, the department met with Wengel’s family and Fargo Police has been working on this case 24/7 since becoming involved on January 8.
Police say Wengel was last seen near the 900 block of 3 ½ Avenue E on December 31.
Anyone who may know where Wengel may be is asked to call Red River Dispatch at 701-451-7660 or to text FARGOPD and their tip to 847411.
FARGO, N.D. – Officers from Fargo and West Fargo, along with agents from the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, are investigating the case of a missing 25-year-old woman.
West Fargo’s investigation led officers to believe that evidence related to her disappearance may be located at a home on Calico Drive South in West Fargo. Fargo Police and the Red River Valley SWAT team executed a search warrant Friday night in the 4400 block of Calico Drive South in connection to the West Fargo Police Department’s missing persons case for Isadora Wengel.
While SWAT served the warrant, the team utilized a flash-sound diversionary device, breached the door of the residence and detained one person, who has since been released.
Fargo Police detectives and investigators remain actively processing the scene for evidence.
At around 6:30 p.m., Fargo Police announced they were expanding the investigation area to include the City of Fargo landfill.
“To ensure all relevant evidence is collected, the FPD is working closely with City landfill personnel to search the specific area where trash from the Calico Dr. S. location would have been disposed,” Fargo Police said in a press release.
Flag Family News had received a tip that several law enforcement officials were at the landfill digging through garbage earlier this afternoon.
