Officials Open Homicide Case After Body Found

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Officials Open Homicide Case After Body Found

By Becky Ogann

MUSCATINE (AP) - Officials have opened a homicide case following the discovery of a body near Muscatine.

The body was found Tuesday night in a wooded area west of the city. Officials have not positively identified the body. The cause of death has not been released.

An autopsy was performed Wednesday at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation has joined the Muscatine County attorney's office, sheriff's office and police department in the investigation.

Wednesday, May 7 at 6:41 PM B. Davis wrote ...

Iowa DIVISION of Criminal Investigation. It is the Department of Public Safety.

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