A report in the Daily NonPareil says police officers in Council Bluffs discovered human remains in a wooded area on the city’s southeast side, early Tuesday afternoon. Officers found the body of a man believed to be in his early 50’s, as they were chasing a shoplifting suspect near the Manawa Centre and Metro Crossing areas.

Authorities say the man was homeless. His skeletal remains were found in tent with it’s top blown-off. The tent was in a remote area popular among transients, near 35^th Avenue and the South Expressway. The man’s death was not considered suspicious.

Police were chasing a person who was suspected of shoplifting at Kohl’s in Council Bluffs. When the suspect ran into the woods an officer discovered the body. The suspect in shoplifting incident was not apprehended.