Death of Henry McCabe

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Henry McCabe
Born1982 or 1983
DisappearedSeptember 7, 2015
Cause of death
Drowning
Body discovered
Rush Lake, New Brighton, Minnesota
SpouseKareen McCabe

Henry T. McCabe (c. 1982 – 2015) was a Liberian American auditor for the Minnesota Department of Revenue who disappeared on September 7, 2015.

McCabe had previously lived in Liberia, then California, before finally moving to Minnesota in early 2012.[1]

Disappearance

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blurb about being last seen at nightclub

Henry's wife, Kareem McCabe, reported him missing a day later on September 8, 2015.[2]

Investigation

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Voicemail

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Body discovery

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At around 4:30 p.m., November 2, 2015, a kayaker in Rush Lake, New Brighton, a town located near Moundsview, alerted police of human remains in the water. The body was identified the next day as Henry McCabe.[3][4] The Ramsey County Medical Examiner eventually determined that McCabe had died via freshwater drowning.[5]

Funeral services for McCabe were held from December 18 to 19 at the Brooklyn Methodist Church in Brooklyn Center.[6][7]

References

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  1. Mansaray, Issa (2015-09-23). "Mounds View man goes missing". Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  2. "Chilling final voicemail from man who disappeared under mysterious circumstances". UNILAD. 2024-11-29. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  3. "Police: Body of missing Henry McCabe pulled from lake in New Brighton, Minn". FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  4. Online, MSR News (2016-03-31). "Vanished without a trace: What really happened to Henry T. McCabe?". Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  5. Staff, BMTN (2018-03-08). "Likely cause of death determined in case of missing Mounds View man". Bring Me The News. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  6. Gitaa, Tom (2016-01-06). "Family, friends remember and celebrate Henry McCabe". Mshale. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  7. Mansaray, Issa (2015-12-26). "McCabe death remains a mystery". Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Retrieved 2025-08-12.