Body found in hand-dug well in Missouri

DALLAS COUNTY, MO. (KRCG) — A Missouri Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident after a body was found in a hand-dug well.

On Sunday, May 1, mushroom hunters found the well full of water late in the afternoon, the Dallas County Sheriff's Office wrote on Facebook. The mushroom hunters reportedly used a long stick to measure the depth of the well, only for a human body to emerge.

Authorities secured the area and investigated overnight.

On Monday morning, the body was removed from the well, and the well was drained.

An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday. The Sheriff's Office urges anyone with information to contact the sheriff at (417) 345-2441.