Family still looking for answers after man's body found near Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau

Monday, March 30, 2009

More than a month has gone by since a passer-by discovered the body of Thomas Hart Benton Turner in a rocky outcropping at the Mississippi River near the Cape Girardeau floodwall, yet his family remains no closer to understanding the circumstances leading to his death.

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