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Body found floating in Missouri River
Posted: 11.13.2011 at 4:00 PM
Updated: 11.14.2011 at 9:05 AM
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Update: Monday November 14th at 9:05 a.m.:

The Missouri Highway Patrol said the body found in the Missouri River was identified as Fay D. Beeler of Jefferson City,

Hunters found the 65-year-old woman's body floating in the river just after 10:00 a.m. Sunday.

The Highway Patrol said foul play is not suspected in Beeler's death. An autopsy will be performed Tuesday.

Original Story:

The Missouri Highway Patrol confirms a woman's body was found a mile west of the confluence of the Missouri and Osage Rivers.

Just before 10:00 Sunday morning hunters found the body floating in the Missouri River.

The MHP said nobody has been reported missing and they can confirm it is not the result of a boat accident.

Investigators stopped short of saying the death is suspicious, and said the investigation is ongoing.

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