Authorities in Franklin County were worried yesterday when they received reports of a deceased person in the waters of the Marais Des Cygnes River.

Police responded to the area located about 7 miles west of Ottawa and made visual confirmation of what appeared to be a body in the water. Investigators wanted to preserve any evidence of wrong doing and called the Franklin County Dive Team to recover the body. When divers retrieved the suspected body from the water, it was found to be a human-shaped object similar to a mannequin and tied to a cinder block.

The object was removed from the water and disposed of by police.