Body Found Under Pekin Bridge Identified

By WEEK Producer

September 3, 2010 Updated Sep 3, 2010 at 6:32 PM CDT

A 55-year-old homeless man is dead, and a suspect is in custody after Pekin Police found a body underneath the McNaughton Bridge Thursday night.

Michael C. Marshall was pronounced dead by Coroner Conover a few
minutes after the body was discovered under the Pekin bridge by a Pekin Police Officer.

An autopsy performed Friday by a forensic pathologist stated the victim
died of multiple blunt force trauma to the head and neck due to the assault.

An inquest will be scheduled at a later date by the Coroner.

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