After days of searching the body of a St. Joseph man has been found in the Missouri River.

As we previously reported, on Monday officials with the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office began searching the Wolf River for a missing St. Joseph man on Monday. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office said the body in reference to a death investigation was recovered in the Missouri River late Saturday morning.

According to a news release, around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 27, a citizen spotted a body in the Missouri River, south of St. Joseph, MO in Buchanan County. The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office responded and recovered the body, which has been identified as Daniel Purvis, age 64, of St. Joseph, MO. Authorities had been searching the Wolf River and other nearby bodies of water for Purvis since Monday, May 22.

Christopher Colhour, age 40, from the St. Joseph area, was arrested May 22 for the theft of a 2009 Chevy Traverse which belonged to Purvis. Colhour remains in custody in Doniphan County Jail due to his suspected involvement in the disappearance of Purvis. KBI said further charges are pending.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, the Missouri Search and Rescue K-9 Unit, the Overland Park Police Department Dive Team, the St. Joseph Police Department, the Elwood Police Department, the Wathena Police Department, the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office, and the St. Joseph Fire Department all assisted in the case.

This investigation is ongoing. KBI said nothing further will be released at this time.