An autopsy indicates the body found in the Missouri River in Jefferson City, Tuesday afternoon, was that of a black man from the Kansas City area.
Officials with the Missouri Highway Patrol said attempts to locate possible next of kin are being made.
The autopsy was performed at the Boone County Medical Examiner's Office in Columbia and final results of the examination are pending.
At approximately 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, the Jefferson City 911 Center received a report of a body floating in the river near the Noren Access in Callaway County. A marine operations trooper from the highway patrol, Jefferson City Police Department officers, and Jefferson City Fire Department personnel responded to the area and located the body of a male floating north of the access.
The circumstances surrounding the manner in which the male entered the water are still being investigated by members of the patrol's division of drug and crime control.