Emergency personnel responded about 2 p.m. Sunday to the Mississippi River after subjects observed a body floating in the water while fishing from their boat.

The Columbia Fire Department launched a rescue boat from Luhr’s Landing to meet the fishermen on the river a few miles south of the Jefferson Barracks Bridge. The deceased body was secured by about 2:50 p.m.

Other agencies responding to the incident included Columbia EMS, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, Illinois State Police Crime Scene Services and Monroe County Coroner’s Office.