Community Risk

Three University Of Minnseota Students Die In Fire

Sept. 22, 2003

Capt. Dennis Mack of the Minneapolis Fire Department — whose team recovered the bodies — said all three were found on the floor next to their beds with minor burns.

Investigators continued searching Sunday for the cause of a fire that killed three University students Saturday morning.

Second-year students Elizabeth Wencl, 20; Amanda Speckien, 19; and Brian Heiden, 19, died in the blaze early Saturday morning in their duplex at 827 15th Ave. S.E.

City Council member Paul Zerby, who represents the area, said he will