A sad end to the search for missing St. Cloud State University student Jesse Dady, as his body was recovered from the Mississippi River Friday night.

The 21-year-old's body was found across from the convention center, in the area of the river between Veterans Bridge and the Granite City Crossing Bridge.

The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says his body was found at 6:21 p.m.

Dady's family members watching from the Beaver Island Trail were visibly shaken, crying and hugging as they learned it was their loved one's body.

Family rushed to Wilson Park where they met Dady's body near the boat launch.

Dady had been missing since Saturday, March 25th when he was seen on video surveillance at 1:30 a.m. walking on the rail bridge behind Empire Apartments after walking there from downtown.