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STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY, Mo. – Authorities in Ste. Genevieve County are asking for the public’s help in identifying a body found in the Mississippi River last week.

According to Major Jason Schott, chief deputy of the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office, employees from the Tower Rock Stone quarry saw a body floating in the river around 140 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1. The workers pulled the body from the river and brought it to Little Rock Landing.

The sheriff’s office and county coroner retrieved the body for an autopsy. The body is believed to have been in the river for between one and two weeks.

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The man was also wearing several layers of clothing. He had on a pair of red jogging pants of a pair of black jogging pants, as well as a black “Friday the 13th” t-shirt with a grey/white hoodie that said “Faith Over Fear” on the chest and “Faith” down both sleeves. He was wearing one crew sock and one ankle sock with fleece-lined suede house shoes or boots. He also had on a bra, a dog tag-style chain without the tags, and a silver ring on his right middle finger.

Anyone with information on this individual’s identity is asked to contact the sheriff’s office detective bureau at 573-883-5820 (ext. 18504) or email Lt. Lance White at .