Man's Body Identified

The state Medical Examiner's Office has identified a dead body pulled out of the Arkansas River in Muskogee County earlier this month. 

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 9:38 am

By: News On 6


The state Medical Examiner's Office has identified a dead body pulled out of the Arkansas River in Muskogee County earlier this month. 

Officials say the body is 26-year-old Matt Neesmith of Tulsa. 

A fisherman found the body in a large amount of river debris near Brewer's Bend on July 7. 

The Muskogee County Sheriff's Office says Neesmith's death is being investigated as a homicide. 

Officials say there were no signs of trauma to the body and that the time of death was at least 1 to 2 weeks before the body was found. 

Related story:

7/7/2008  Body Found In River

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