Missing man’s body identified nearly 40 years later due to DNA testing, CCSO says

CRITTENDEN COUNTY, Ark. – A Missouri man who went missing after falling into the Mississippi River nearly 40 years ago has been identified, the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) said Tuesday.

In April 1988, the sheriff’s office said, they recovered a body from the Mississippi River, which had been found by a Mississippi fisherman across from the Wall’s Landing boat dock.

The Arkansas Medical Examiner’s Office in Little Rock determined that the cause of death was drowning with no signs of trauma, the sheriff’s office said…

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