By Beacon Staff After being called to the Mississippi River Sunday evening (May 23) to recover and investigate a submerged bag found by a fisherman, emergency officials have determined the bag was filled with nothing but sand and discarded construction materials. According to Burlington Fire Department battalion chief Bruce Workman, a fisherman found the sack when he entered the river to cool off. The fisherman pulled a phone out of the bag and, fearing a body might be inside, contacted police. At that point, Workman said, police and fire worked together and treated the scene as a possible body recovery. Beckman’s Towing had to use a cable to pull the bag out of the river due to its weight. “It was that heavy polyester fabric. It had sand, mud, and dirt. The bag was pulled out, placed in a tarp, and detectives found it to be inert construction material. There were a couple of sand tubes in there, which are especially heavy,” Workman said.

By Beacon Staff After being called to the Mississippi River Sunday evening (May 23) to recover and investigate a submerged bag found by a fisherman, emergency officials have determined the bag was filled with nothing but sand and discarded construction materials. According to Burlington Fire Department battalion chief Bruce Workman, a fisherman found the sack when he entered the river to cool off. The fisherman pulled a phone out of the bag and, fearing a body might be inside, contacted police. At that point, Workman said, police and fire worked together and treated the scene as a possible body recovery. Beckman’s Towing had to use a cable to pull the bag out of the river due to its weight. “It was that heavy polyester fabric. It had sand, mud, and dirt. The bag was pulled out, placed in a tarp, and detectives found it to be inert construction material. There were a couple of sand tubes in there, which are especially heavy,” Workman said.

Police Find No Human Remains In The Mississippi River Sunday — Only Sand and Construction Materials