CALLAWAY COUNTY --
UPDATE: The FBI has confirmed fingerprints taken from the female body found Sunday afternoon near Mokane are not those of Jasmine Haslag.
Callaway County Sheriff Dennis Crane says the Missouri Highway Patrol could not find a match to the prints in state databases; and FBI officials did not get a hit on the prints when they searched the National Missing Person database.
Callaway County officials say an anthropologist will now investigate the remains to learn more about the victim, trying to determine an approximate time and date of death.
*You can view the original story, posted Monday, April 21, below.
Authorities say the body found Sunday afternoon near Mokane is not Jasmine Haslag. KRCG's Mallory McGowin has the latest information from Mokane where state and county officials now say the fingerprints collected during Monday morning's autopsy do not match those of the missing Russelville woman.
"Indications back from the Highway Patrol in reference to the prints that were taken to them...AFIS is telling us right now that it's not a match on Jasmine Haslag," says Callaway County Sheriff Dennis Crane. "So, right now indications are it's not her."
The female body was found just before four o'clock Sunday afternoon in Callaway County, about a mile down County Road 479 just off Highway 94. The river access road has been closed since a Callaway County reserve deputy was out looking for mushrooms and stumbled upon the body in a shallow grave.
The body was discovered about 30 or 40 yards up the Missouri River bank. At this time authorities do not believe the body was dumped in the river, but rather buried at this location.
Officials taped off the area and removed the body Sunday night. More authorities came to search the area for evidence Monday. Officials from both Callaway and Osage Counties, as well as the Missouri Department of Conservation are now involved. Crane says the search will likely continue into Monday night.
Crane says authorities have every reason to believe foul play was involved in this incident and that the body, identified as a female between the ages of 25 and 40, had been in the shallow grave for a while.
"The most imporant thing right now, at this time, is to identify who this person is," Crane says.
Jasmine Haslag was initially considered because she is from this area and her car was found about five miles from this burial site nearly a week after her June 18th, 2007 disappearance.
I spoke to Haslag's mother, Peggy Florence, by phone several times Monday. In response to the latest details, she says she is still deperately looking for her daughter and seeking closure for herself and Haslag's children.
Crane says the fingerprints collected will now be sent to the FBI and cross checked with the National Missing Person's database. Authorities ask if you have any information about a local missing woman between the ages of 25 and 40, to call the Callaway County Sheriff's Department at (573) 642-7291.
