CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — The Camden County Sheriff's Department is investigating the discovery of a decomposing body on the back porch of a home north of Camdenton.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Jefferson City have identified a body found in the Missouri River this past weekend and are continuing to investigate the cause of death.
On Wednesday morning, authorities found the body of a University of Central Florida student inside a dorm room, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A campus spokeswoman said that there were also improvised explosive devices and additional weapons in the room.
The Benton County Sheriff's Office and Missouri State Highway Patrol had actively been searching for the identity of the body that was found in Truman Lake last weekend (September 30). After a week of investigating, the Missouri State Highway Patrol announced that the body was that of 15-year-old Khighla Parks, who had been missing from her home in Willard, Missouri for the last two weeks. The i
UPDATE: Police have identified the body and an investigation is under way.
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Benton County authorities are asking for assistance in identifying a female body found by a boater at Truman Lake on Sunday. After an autopsy, authorities classified the death as suspicious and said that the body had been weighted down.