Police ID Body Found In Scioto River

Columbus Division of Police

The Franklin County coroner has identified the body found earlier this week in the Scioto River downtown. 26-year-old Joey LaBute had been missing for more than three weeks before his body was found near the Whittier Peninsula.  Police are treating his death as a homicide. Autopsy results are pending.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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