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Published - Friday, August 08, 2008

Body found in Minnesota — but wrong body

VIRGINIA, Minn. (AP) — A search for a missing man in Virginia came up with a body, but it doesn't appear to be the right one.

Searchers were looking in the Rouchleau Pit area for a man named Dustin Damm. They found a body floating in the pit waters Thursday, but the sheriff's department says it's not believed to be Damm's.

The man was about 5 feet 10, with the tip of his left index finger missing and a tattoo on his right wrist.

Damm went missing on Tuesday.

The body that was found was to undergo an autopsy. Authorities say it appeared to be in the water for a while.

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