OTTUMWA — On Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 at approximately 4:21 p.m.; The Ottumwa Police Department received a report of an adult male subject who was last seen swimming in the Des Moines River. It was reported that the subject went swimming earlier in the day with a group of individuals in the Des Moines River near the Hwy 34 overpass bridge next to the JBS plant in Ottumwa, Iowa.

On Thursday, June 6th, 2024 at approximately 12:45 p.m. Wapello County Sheriff’s Office and Ottumwa Fire Department recovered (Deceased) the body of Skiller Amo, Age 36 of Ottumwa on the Des Moines River.  Mr. Amo was located just south of the Ottumwa Water Pollution Facility southeast of Ottumwa.