Body found by tug in Mississippi River identified
Posted: 07.29.2010 at 1:13 PM
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BURLINGTON, IOWA (AP) -- A body found in the Mississippi River north of Burlington has been identified as a Davenport man who drowned.
   
The state Medical Examiner's Office identified him as 48-year-old Kevin Mark Carstens. His body was spotted Monday by a tug boat operator on the Iowa side of the channel across from Oquawka, Ill. Investigators said it apparently had been in the water two to three weeks.
   
Lt. Clint Williams of the Des Moines County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday Carstens' vehicle was found a block from the Mississippi River Bridge in Muscatine. Police checked the license plate July 18, and a business owner told authorities it had been parked there "for a while."
   
Williams says authorities are still investigating, but they don't suspect foul play.

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