Missing man recovered from Fourmile Creek in Des Moines

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Police Department says a person reported missing in November 2025 was recovered from Fourmile Creek Saturday.

The DMPD says police and fire crews were called to East 33rd Street and Hubbell, along Fourmile Creek, on a report of a body in the water. The caller told dispatch that while walking along the trail, they spotted a person facedown under the bridge.

The Des Moines Fire Department arrived and pronounced an adult male, identified as 45-year-old David Earleywine, deceased at the scene…

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