Des Moines, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Safety said Tuesday (Today), that at around 1:07-a.m. on April 22nd, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call in reference to an individual who was fishing and discovered a body along the Missouri River near the Remington Landing boat ramp west of Mondamin. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office recovered a male subject from the river, and the body was transported to the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny.

On Friday April 24th, an autopsy was conducted by the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office.  Through dental records and tattoo markings, the male subject was positively identified as 57-year-old Jeffrey Lynn Wallis of Mondamin.  Wallis’ family had filed a missing person’s report with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office on April 18th

The investigation is being conducted by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, and is assisted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Burt County Sheriff’s Office of Nebraska. Final autopsy results are pending due to toxicology exams.