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Paul Summers

Friday, July 13, 2012

Missing Highland Park Man Found Dead

The family of Paul Summers discovered his body Friday.

Joseph (Paul) Summers was found dead Friday morning, according to family, after his disappearance prompted a two-day search. Southwest Minneapolis Patch first reported his disappearance on Thursday.  Family thought Summers, age 50, left his mother's Highland Park home on Sunday without credit cards, phone or ID. He was reported missing on Tuesday. It appears Summers, who suffered severe anxiety and depression, took his own life, and was found at his mother's home in another search of the property, according to Summers' cousin Jennifer Arriola. "There's an end, but it's not the end we wanted," said Arriola, who is a staffer at Visitation School. "But he was in a lot of pain for a long time, so that's over for him." Paul was a graduate of …

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Family Asks for Help Finding Highland Park Man

Joseph (Paul) Summers disappeared on Sunday.

A local family is asking for help finding a missing family member, Joseph (Paul) Summers.  Summers, age 50,  likely disappeared on Sunday from his mother's Highland Park home. His absence was discovered Tuesday. He is described as 5-foot 10-inches, 170 pounds. He suffers from severe anxiety and depression and is in poor physical health, according to the family. Paul's brother, Patrick, said Paul's severe anxiety often gives him chest and other physical pain. "He walked away from his mom's house in Highland on Sunday leaving behind ID, phone, credit cards," said Jennifer Arriola, Summers' cousin and a staffer at Visitation School in Mendota Heights. "We are trying every way possible to find him." Paul is a graduate of Cretin High School. …

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