identity of body found in Perry County Identified

Officials seek identity of body found in Perry County
08:35 a.m., April 20, 2007
Updated 08:35 a.m., April 20, 2007

An autopsy is being performed this morning on a body pulled from the Ohio River Thursday night in Perry County.

Indiana Conservation Officer Mark Farmer said the body was spotted lodged in drift shortly before 7 p.m. near Tobinsport, Ind.

Authorities pulled it from the waters and transported it to the Kentucky State Medical Examiner's Office in Louisville, Farmer said, where it was undergoing an autopsy this morning.

Identification was found on the body, but Farmer declined to reveal any details about it. He said he did not know if it matched that of a missing person.

The body had decomposed and appeared to have been in the water for some time, Farmer said.


Monica Caison
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5:04 p.m. IDENTIFIEDLOUISVILLE, Ky. - Indiana conservation officers said an unidentified body found in the Ohio River last Friday is that of Jacob P. Bezy, 30, of New Albany. Police said his father, Gilbert Beezy, called police after he recognized the sketch that had been released in the news. Police said when he and his son?s landlord couldn?t contact him, Beezy called police and identified the body at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Authorities said he had no obvious injuries. So far no cause of death has been determined, but police haven?t ruled out foul play. The investigation continues.