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Police: Body found in Moorhead is missing NDSU student

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Updated at 8:45 p.m.

Moorhead Police say the body found Tuesday is that of missing North Dakota State University student Tom Bearson.

Previous coverage: Freshman student missing from North Dakota State

Authorities said Bearson, a freshman from Sartell, Minnesota, hadn't been seen since leaving a party about 3 a.m. Saturday. The nursing student lived in a residence hall on campus.

Fargo police and firefighters unsuccessfully searched a Fargo neighborhood near NDSU and the Red River Monday.

At a 1 p.m. news conference, Fargo Police Chief Keith Ternes said new information led authorities to move the search to Moorhead this morning, where police found a body that matched the description of Bearson.

A statement from Moorhead Police Lt. Tory Jacobson said the body was "discovered in the South Moorhead old Industrial Park shortly before noon."

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner will investigate the cause of death.