Update: Body found near north boat landing in Grand Forks identified

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Photo by: Joanie LaVallie - Facebook

(Grand Forks, ND) -- WDAY Radio has learned more about a body found in the Red River in Grand Forks Saturday evening.

The Grand Forks Police Department tells WDAY News First that the person found has been identified as 32-year-old Jacob Lasley of Redlake, Minnesota. Officers say there were no obvious signs of trauma to Lasley, who had been reported missing April 17th.

Investigators say Lasley was the subject in the river back on April 8th that initiated a search response by the Grand Forks Sheriff's Office Water Operations team. His body washed up in the area of the Pedestrian Bridge near the north boat landing.

A cause of death has not yet been determined.