Body found in Missouri River identified as missing philanthropist

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | 3:27 p.m. CDT; updated 4:42 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, June 2, 2009

ST. LOUIS — The body of a 102-year-old builder, philanthropist and leader of the region's Jewish community was found Tuesday in the Missouri River, more than two weeks after a witness saw an elderly man jump from a bridge.

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