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Body Found In Ohio River Near Marshall County

PROCTOR — A severely decomposed body was retrieved from the Ohio River Sunday afternoon off the shores of Marshall County.

Marshall County Sheriff Kevin Cecil said Sunday night that the call came in around 3 p.m. from a fisherman that the body was visible from the riverbank near the Blue Racer Midwestern plant.. Cecil said the body was that of a white male, whose age was unable to be determined due to the extent of decomposition. He believed the man to have been dead for “a very long time,” possibly months.

The body has some identifying features, such as tattoos, but Cecil was unable to say if the person was local, due to the length of time since his apparent death. The body is being sent to the state medical examiner’s office.

“There are some identifying marks that we photographed and will be sending to police agencies (Monday) morning,” Cecil said.

Further information was not available Sunday.

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