HENRY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE Body Found in Grand River Identified as Justin Michael Emmerton, Kingsville

Shortly before noon on Friday, June 7, investigators with the Rural Missouri Major Case Squad made notification to the next-of-kin of the man found in Grand River near Urich on Wednesday evening, June 5. The victim has been identified as Justin Michael Emmerton, age 29, of rural Kingsville, Missouri. Identification was made by a fingerprint match through the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Laboratory on Thursday, June 6. 

Emmerton’s autospy is scheduled to be completed late this afternoon at the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office, which should provide more information for investigators to follow up on over the next several days.

Anyone with information about Justin Michael Emmerton is urged to contact the Rural Missouri Major Case Squad at (660) 885-7315.