By Associated Press - Monday, April 2, 2018

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Authorities are trying to identify the body of a man found on a riverbank in southern Des Moines.

Police say a pedestrian reported around noon Sunday that he’d spotted the body below a bridge over the Raccoon River. The body appears to have been at the spot for some time and showed no obvious signs of injury.

A forensic examination has been ordered.



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