Mushroom Hunters Find Body in Rural Missouri Water Well

Mushroom Hunters Find Body in Rural Missouri Water Well
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Police were investigating after mushroom hunters discovered a body in a rural, hand-dug water well in south-central Missouri.

The discovery was made Sunday near the unincorporated community of Long Lane, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of Springfield.