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Missing Cairo Swimmer's Remains ID'd

By Chris Taylor

Charlestown, MO – Skeletal remains discovered earlier this month along the Mississippi River bank in Missouri have been identified as those of a swimmer who went missing last August near Cairo, Illinois. The remains have been identified through dental records as those of 20-year-old Eli Culp. WPSD-TV reports authorities plan to release Culp's remains to a funeral home of his family's choice.