LACROSSE, Wis. – An initial examination at Mayo Clinic concluded that a body found in a Mississippi River swamp near LaCrosse had been in the water roughly five years. Sheriff John Siegel said the body still needs to be examined by a forensic anthropologist for DNA. In the meantime, the identification is unknown. Police upriver on the Wisconsin and Minnesota sides of the river have been asked to check their files on missing persons. There is reason to believe that the person was hunting, the sheriff said. Also, a distinctive piece of jewelry with the remains may be help, the sheriff said.
