Airman from Colorado Springs found dead in Mississippi river

A coroner in Mississippi says a body found in the Tchoutacabouffa River near Biloxi has been identified as an active duty airman.

WLOX-TV reports Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove identified the body as 31-year-old Luis Cisneros-Godinez of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Hargrove says authorities responded Saturday to a report of a possible drowning and found Cisneros-Godinez. The 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base announced the death of an airman the next day but withheld the airman’s identity. Hargrove says the announcement referred to Cisneros-Godinez.

Authorities haven’t yet released the cause of death. An investigation is ongoing.