Body Found in Tent in Western Iowa

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By Jason Kristufek

Story Created: Oct 22, 2010 at 9:12 AM CDT

Story Updated: Oct 22, 2010 at 9:12 AM CDT

COUNCIL BLUFFS (AP) — Authorities say an autopsy is pending on a body found in a tent near Underwood in western Iowa.

The Pottawattamie County sheriff office told Atlantic radio station KJAN that a farmer found the body in the tent in a field Thursday afternoon.

Sgt. Duane Riche (RICH'-ee) says the body was badly decomposed, making initial attempts at identification impossible.

Officials are awaiting results of an autopsy by the state medical examiner's office in Ankeny.

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