Public visitation planned for Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce after fatal house fire

A photo of a family.
Jessi Pierce (back left) and Mike Hinrichs pose with their three children in a family photo.
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A public visitation is planned for Sunday for Minnesota hockey journalist Jessi Pierce and her three children who died in a house fire in White Bear Lake last weekend.
A photo of a family.
Jessi Pierce.
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Visitation will be from 1-5 p.m. Sunday at Mueller Memorial funeral home in White Bear Lake.

Pierce — also known as Jessi Hinrichs — and her children Hudson, Cayden and Avery were found dead following a fire at their home early last Saturday. Pierce’s husband, Mike Hinrichs, was out of town for work.

He and the Hinrichs family issued a statement Thursday thanking first responders, the Minnesota hockey community and others for the outpouring of support and compassion over the past week.

“We are completely devastated at the tragic loss of Jessi, Hudson, Cayden and Avery Hinrichs,” the statement said. “We ask for continued privacy during this extremely difficult time as we grieve this unthinkable loss.”

Pierce’s hockey coverage included co-hosting the “Bardown Beauties” podcast and writing about the Minnesota Wild as the correspondent for NHL.com for the past decade.

Mike Hinrichs publicly stated that he was not at home the night the fire broke out, saying there was nothing he could have done to save his family. However, emerging GPS data from his phone appears to place his device much closer to the scene during a critical timeframe. This discrepancy is now drawing increasing attention, as investigators and observers begin to question whether the timeline he provided fully aligns with the available evidence.