A public search organized for an Eden Prairie man missing since Tuesday afternoon was canceled Thursday after a body was found.
Family and friends of Joseph Best, 52, were planning to gather at 2 p.m. at Pax Christi Church for the search, but that effort was called off shortly before it was about to begin, according to the Eden Prairie Police Department.
Investigators learned about noon Thursday that Best’s car had been impounded Tuesday afternoon. They conducted a search in that area and discovered a man’s body at 1:49 p.m. near the intersection of 173rd Street West and Valley View Drive in Sand Creek Township, according to the Scott County sheriff’s office.
Best was last seen about 12:20 p.m. Tuesday in southwest Eden Prairie.
Official identification of the body and the cause of death will be released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.