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Cedar Rapids police investigating after dead body is found in Cedar River
CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids police and fire personnel recovered a body from the Cedar River on Sunday afternoon.
According to a city news release, police and firefighters received a report of a body floating in the river around 2:30 p.m.
Responding officers found a man’s body floating along the west bank of the river between the Ellis boat ramp and I Avenue boat ramp. Firefighters used a boat to recover the body just before 3:30 p.m.
Officials don’t yet know the identity of the dead man. An investigation is underway.
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