20 Year Old Missing After Night in Iowa City
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Hoffa, Amelia Earhart, or the corpse is the physical manifestation of the Iowa Football Team’s offense.
What a stupid post. Make like a tree and leave.
Found in the River near the baseball fields north of Terry Trueblood
So sad for the family.
What an agonizing week it had to be for them.
What an agonizing week it had to be for them.
A body that authorities believe to be that of Cristian Martinez — a 20-year-old Muscatine man reported missing a week ago — was recovered Saturday from the Iowa River, more than a mile downstream from where he was last seen.
Iowa City police said they responded shortly after noon to Napoleon Park, 2501 S. Gilbert St., on the east bank of the river. Authorities said a couple reported what they thought was a body in the river.
City officers and Johnson County deputies retrieved a body from the river. The city said in a news release that the Johnson County Medical Examiner's Office would positively identify the individual found and determine the cause and manner of death.
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Martinez had gone to Iowa City with some friends who last saw him in the alley behind Bardot Iowa, a bar at 347 S. Gilbert St., sometime before 1 a.m. April 15. His phone had died earlier in the evening, according to the Iowa City Police Department.
Martinez was reported missing after his family noticed he hadn’t come home with his friends. Iowa City police investigators found security footage that showed Martinez at 12:56 a.m. April 15 in the 100 block of W. Harrison Street, walking west toward the river.
Police had been searching the Iowa River, Ralston Creek and other surrounding areas for Martinez, including using drones in the area where he was last seen. Martinez’ family had offered a $25,000 reward for his safe return.
A relative established Go Fund Me online fundraising account on his behalf, which had raised more than $20,000 by Saturday evening.
Iowa City police said they responded shortly after noon to Napoleon Park, 2501 S. Gilbert St., on the east bank of the river. Authorities said a couple reported what they thought was a body in the river.
City officers and Johnson County deputies retrieved a body from the river. The city said in a news release that the Johnson County Medical Examiner's Office would positively identify the individual found and determine the cause and manner of death.
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Martinez had gone to Iowa City with some friends who last saw him in the alley behind Bardot Iowa, a bar at 347 S. Gilbert St., sometime before 1 a.m. April 15. His phone had died earlier in the evening, according to the Iowa City Police Department.
Martinez was reported missing after his family noticed he hadn’t come home with his friends. Iowa City police investigators found security footage that showed Martinez at 12:56 a.m. April 15 in the 100 block of W. Harrison Street, walking west toward the river.
Police had been searching the Iowa River, Ralston Creek and other surrounding areas for Martinez, including using drones in the area where he was last seen. Martinez’ family had offered a $25,000 reward for his safe return.
A relative established Go Fund Me online fundraising account on his behalf, which had raised more than $20,000 by Saturday evening.
Body believed to be of missing Muscatine man found
A body that authorities believe to be that of Cristian Martinez was recovered Saturday from the Iowa River, more than a mile downstream from where he has last been seen.
www.thegazette.com
Body believed to be of missing Muscatine man found
A body that authorities believe to be that of Cristian Martinez was recovered Saturday from the Iowa River, more than a mile downstream from where he has last been seen.
www.thegazette.com
This sucks. One of my first friends, someone I first met when we were still in diapers at the same day care, died the river a few years ago after being missing about a month. Really hard for her family and friends to go through that. This has got to be just as hard with a young man barely even starting his life.
he Johnson County medical examiner has confirmed the body found in the Iowa River Saturday was that of Cristian Martinez, of Muscatine.
The 20-year-old was reported missing one week prior — on April 15. He last was seen in the alley behind Bardot Iowa, 347 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City.
Iowa City Public Safety issued a news release Monday, confirming positive identification was made. The cause of death has not yet been determined as an autopsy is pending, authorities said.
At 12:04 p.m. Saturday, Iowa City Police responded to the area of Napoleon Park, 2501 S. Gilbert St., after a couple in the area of the east bank of the Iowa River located what appeared to a body in the water.
An investigation is ongoing.
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The 20-year-old was reported missing one week prior — on April 15. He last was seen in the alley behind Bardot Iowa, 347 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City.
Iowa City Public Safety issued a news release Monday, confirming positive identification was made. The cause of death has not yet been determined as an autopsy is pending, authorities said.
At 12:04 p.m. Saturday, Iowa City Police responded to the area of Napoleon Park, 2501 S. Gilbert St., after a couple in the area of the east bank of the Iowa River located what appeared to a body in the water.
An investigation is ongoing.
Confirmed: Remains from river are Cristian Martinez, of Muscatine
The 20-year-old last was seen with friends in Iowa City.
