Autopsy of body found in river completed

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Cape Girardeau County coroner John Clifton said a man who was found dead in the Mississippi River on Thursday showed no signs of obvious trauma, but Clifton was unwilling to speculate on a cause of death.

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