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Monday, June 03, 2013  Newton County officials say canoeists found the body of a Joplin man in a creek.

Saturday, June 01, 2013  The body of a teen who fell into an Eldon drainage system Friday night was found Saturday morning.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A northwest Missouri sheriff says the death of a woman whose body was found in a state park does not appear suspicious.

Monday, April 15, 2013  The man who's body was found in a burned home in Miller County on April 8 died while trying to burglarize it, according to Miller County Sheriff Bill Abbott.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Miller County authorities are investigating a fatal fire just outside of Eldon.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Jefferson City Police have confirmed that a female body was found under the overpass of West McCarty and Industrial Sunday morning.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Montgomery City Police are investigating a body found at the Montgomery County Golf Club Thursday night.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Update: Authorities have released the name of the man whose body was recovered at the Lake of the Ozarks Monday evening.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Cass County sheriff's deputies have found a burned body inside a partially submerged vehicle in a conservation area southwest of Harrisonville.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Officers said in April 2011, they found the body of 31-year-old Travis Higgins in a California alley.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Kristi Murphy's body was found in a bathtub of the Microtel Motel in Ste. Genevieve on Nov. 17.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  California manhunt leads to cabin, fire believed to have claimed ex-officer wanted in rampage

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Police wouldn't say whether they were conducting a death or homicide investigation.

Sunday, January 06, 2013  The Belleville News Democrat reports that the body of 44-year-old Tabitha Milton-Rush was discovered Saturday morning in an embankment in Bethalto, Ill.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  Her body was found weighted down in the lake on Sept. 30