Authorities: Missouri quarry body may be man who fled police
GREEN PARK, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man who fled from police two weeks ago might be the person whose body was found in a quarry.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports officers were investigating on Sept. 24 a report of suspicious people at an industrial complex.
Two people were taken into custody, but a 29-year-old man ran off.
The handler of the a tracking dog stopped the search that day because of the dangerous terrain.
After some officers saw on social media that the man was missing, they returned and searched again.
A body was found Wednesday in about two feet of water near a quarry surrounded by steep embankments.
