Body in River Identified as Harvard Biologist
A body found in the Mississippi River was identified as a Harvard University biologist who disappeared more than a month ago.
Don Wiley, 57, had been missing since Nov. 16, when his rental car was found abandoned with the keys in the ignition on a Mississippi River bridge in Memphis.
The body was discovered Thursday snagged on a tree near a hydroelectric plant at Vidalia, La., across the river from Natchez, Miss, about 300 miles south of Memphis. A wallet containing Wiley’s identification was found on the body, police said.
The body was identified through dental records, police Lt. Walter Norris said.
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