Oct 14, 2020 3:11 PM

Missing Person Found Dead in Midtown Gardens

Posted Oct 14, 2020 3:11 PM

Burlington police are investigating the death of a missing person they discovered in the Midtown Gardens apartment complex Saturday.

The person, whom police have yet to identify by name or gender, was discovered shortly before 8 p.m. by Burlington police. The officers discovered the body while responding to a missing person complaint.

According to Lt. Wayne Thompson, the death currently is under investigation by the Burlington Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations (DCI), and the Iowa DCI Criminalistics Laboratory Team.

Thompson promised more information would be released by the department as it becomes available