Missing Person: Shay Torgerson last had in-person contact with his family on March 26th, 2023.
Although he lives in Maple Grove, Minnesota, on March 27, 2023, he was last spotted in St. Paul’s Wabasha Street neighborhood.
His possessions, including his daily prescription, wallet, and identification, were discovered in his vehicle.
His phone was on him, but he hasn’t answered it since March 26.
He’s a White man, 29 years old, 6 feet tall, 190 pounds, with hazel green eyes.
His beard is a deep red and his hair is a dark blonde.
A surgical incision may be seen on the inner aspect of his right forearm.
Please contact the Maple Grove Police Department at (763) 494-6100 if you have any information regarding Shay.
His mom and the Maple Grove Police Department both say he is still missing as of 5/26/23.
Update; According to Shay’s Parents Shay took his life.. read his Facebook post below;
Dawn and I are heartsick in having to announce the death of our son, Shay. He ended his life in the early morning hours of Monday March 27, 2023, following a three-year battle with the debilitating mental illness of schizoaffective disorder – bipolar 1.
Shay grew up in Saint Cloud and Maple Grove, Minnesota, splitting time between his mom and I. He graduated with honors from Maple Grove High School, and was a proud member of the Crimson varsity baseball team. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business and finance from Saint Paul’s Hamline University, and was a proud member of the Pipers baseball team and track and field team (javelin). After graduating college, Shay pursued his career in the financial services industry and continued to play amateur baseball for several teams, most notably the Saint Anthony Hogs.
Shay loved his sports, but not more so than his family and friends who will remember him for his smile and laugh, for his humble intellect, for his wit and sense of humor, for his loyalty, kindness, and thoughtfulness, and for his sensitivity to others’ feelings. And his sick curveball…
One of the countless stories I remember — one among many that represent who he was and would become as an adult — is of him, age four or five, noticing two older children he had never met playing in the outside playground at the Saint Cloud McDonalds near the Saint August exit to I-94. These other two children were brothers, perhaps ages seven and nine. The older brother was totally blind and was wandering throughout the play area with his arms outreached, getting no help from his little brother. Without asking for permission or announcing his plan, Shay got up from our picnic table without having finished his meal and walked straight to the older brother, grabbing his hand and calmly leading the boy to the various playground fixtures, telling him what they were. After that, all three boys enjoyed 30 minutes of playtime, with the blind boy having nothing to prevent him from having a blast. I share that story not as an isolated incident, but as an example of the way Shay would treat others and respond to similar situations for the remainder of his life.
Through hard work, responsible living, and focus on and commitment to the people and things that matter – including his renewed commitment to his Christian faith, Shay positioned himself as a young adult to enjoy a future of boundless love, great happiness, purpose and meaning, and opportunities to make a positive difference in his community. That future would be stolen from him.
At a time when his future seemed so bright, Shay suffered his first psychotic episode over the Thanksgiving weekend of 2019. Over the next three years, he would have several more episodes, several of which led him to 72-hour holds at local hospitals. One episode involved a failed attempt to climb onto and leap from a highway overpass. The bravery of a Saint Paul Police officer, Fahim Mursal, is credited for not only saving his life but bringing him to Regions Hospital where psychiatrists would diagnose Shay and prescribe him the medication that would allow him to live without episodes for a full year — until this past weekend.
Last Thursday morning, Shay told us that he was leaving to spend a few days at his mother’s house to help with the various tasks associated with the recent death of his grandfather. Unbeknownst to us, Shay forgot to take his medicine with him. By the time Dawn and I discovered his pill bottle in the cupboard three days later, Shay was already in the throes of a psychotic episode. Shay drove around, not answering our phone calls and not replying to texts, until approximately 3:30 a.m., when he arrived at the middle of Saint Paul’s Wabasha Bridge, where he parked and exited his running car and fell or jumped into the Mississippi River. Despite Ramsey County Water Patrol’s continuing efforts, his body has not yet been found.
Witnesses within earshot of the bridge called Saint Paul Police to report hearing a scream, a splash, and cries for help that suddenly stopped. Police arrived to find Shay’s running car abandoned on the middle of the bridge, with his jacket and shoes on the ground. The banks at this section of the river are lined with high walls, with no ladders or exit points. The water patrol officer in charge of the search classifies this as a presumptive death.
I can state without any equivocation that, when he adhered to his daily medication regimen, Shay did not want to die. He would still be here with us but for the episode.
Words cannot describe how much Dawn and I loved Shay. We were and will always be so proud of him. He meant the world to us. We will miss him every second of every day for the rest of our lives.
We are still trying to process this tragedy. Although we do welcome texts and other messages, we would appreciate it if you did not call us or visit our home. We are not prepared to discuss this and we are trying to keep the phone lines clear in case of any calls from Saint Paul Police or Ramsey County Water Patrol. We do welcome as many positive thoughts and prayers as you can afford.
Shay, buddy, big fella… My best man. I love you more than you’ll ever know.
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