St. Paul police are asking the public for help finding Anthony Brosi, a 34-year-old man officers have classified as an endangered missing person. Brosi was last seen Monday in the area of Shepard Road between Randolph Avenue and Eagle Parkway, a riverfront stretch along the Mississippi River on the city's west side. He has not been seen or heard from since, and his current whereabouts remain unknown.
According to KARE 11, Brosi stands 5-foot-11 and weighs about 180 pounds, with hazel eyes and glasses. He has long brown hair that may be worn in dreadlocks. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension broadcast a statewide Endangered Missing Person Alert on Brosi's behalf Wednesday, according to a notice shared by SOS - Missing Persons, though St. Paul police remain the lead agency on the case.
Anyone with information on Brosi's location is asked to call St. Paul police at 651-291-1111 or dial 911, per KSTP. It remains unclear what specific circumstances led investigators to designate Brosi as endangered, or whether cell phone data or camera footage along the corridor has produced any leads so far.
A Riverfront Search Zone Complicated By Construction
The stretch of Shepard Road where Brosi was last seen runs along the Mississippi River and is bordered by riverfront parks, trails and steep wooded bluffs, according to background compiled from Wikipedia and city planning documents. That terrain includes Upper Landing Park and trail connections into downtown St. Paul, offering both open river views and dense, hard-to-search wooded sections.
The search area is also in the middle of active roadwork. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is carrying out major construction along the Shepard Road and I-35E corridor through fall 2026, with lane reductions, ramp detours and riverfront trail closures that route traffic onto West 7th Street and Lexington Parkway. Those closures could complicate both vehicle access and foot searches near the bluffs during the investigation.
What It Means to Be Classified 'Endangered'
Under Minnesota Statute § 299C.52, police can only classify a missing adult as endangered when evidence points to a real risk of physical injury or death, whether from an involuntary disappearance, dangerous surroundings or an urgent medical need, according to a policy document published by the City of Ramsey. That designation puts a case ahead of routine missing-person calls in terms of police resources and outside coordination.
A separate law, Minnesota Statute § 299C.53, requires local agencies to accept missing person reports immediately regardless of jurisdiction and to consult right away with the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension once someone is deemed endangered, per a policy outline from the University of Minnesota Department of Public Safety. That statutory push toward fast inter-agency coordination is why Brosi's case moved quickly from a local police report to a statewide alert.
St. Paul's Missing Persons Unit and the Wider Search Network
The St. Paul Police Department runs a dedicated Missing Persons Unit housed within its Human Trafficking and Vice Division, using cell phone and computer tracking tools during follow-up investigations, according to city records. That unit also coordinates with regional partners and maintains public case files as searches continue.
Behind that local effort sits a statewide system: Minnesota's Missing and Unidentified Persons Clearinghouse and Crime Alert Network, run through the BCA under the same endangered-persons statute, enters missing adult cases into national databases including the National Crime Information Center, according to Shared Hope International. Cold-case tracking site Uncovered notes that adults have made up roughly two-thirds of the nearly 1,000 missing person reports logged in St. Paul between 1980 and 2021, though the group notes most such cases are resolved quickly, with unresolved ones tracked long-term through NamUs.
St. Paul's alert for Brosi comes the same day Hoodline reported that a separate endangered missing person search, for an 89-year-old Mendota Heights man, had just concluded in a Mendota Heights search ends in Wisconsin forest after a multi-agency effort. Both cases underscore how quickly Minnesota's endangered-alert system pulls in state and, at times, out-of-state resources once police make that legal determination.
