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Body found in Mo. River in far western Fremont County

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October 24th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Fremont County and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are looking into the discovery of a body found Sunday afternoon in the Missouri River.  Authorities were notified shortly after 1:45-p.m., that a fisherman found a body floating in the river west of Percival.  Sheriff’s deputies recovered the body of an unidentified white male near the shoreline, on the Iowa side of the river. An autopsy was ordered to determine the man’s identity, and cause of death.