MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop H Headquarters-3525 North Belt-St. Joseph, MO 64506


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Jacob P. Angle
(816)387-2345, ext. 3847
H62316
June 23, 2016

EMPHASIS: Body Recovered In Buchanan County Identified--Troop H

On June 21, 2016, at approximately 7:43 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a body of water just south of St Joseph, Missouri, and recovered the body of a Hispanic male. The Missouri State Highway Patrol has positively identified the deceased as Ezequiel Contreras-Vasques, 48, from St Joseph, Missouri. The Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control continues to investigate. Autopsy results are pending.
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