The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a body was found Friday morning in Caldwell County.

According to the MSHP, at approximately 8:50 a.m. on Friday, troopers responded just south of Polo at Hideaway Lakes, at the request of the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Department, after a body was located in the water. Troop H marine enforcement troopers recovered the body of a white male.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division Of Drug and Crime Control investigators are leading the investigation. An autopsy is pending and further information will be provided when it becomes available.