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Man drowns in Mississippi River in St. Charles

The man was identified as 66-year-old Ronald Sandbothe of O’Fallon, Missouri
Credit: KSDK

ST CHARLES, Mo. — A man's body was pulled out of the Mississippi River in St. Charles Friday afternoon.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said emergency crews responded to a report of a person in the water at Two Branch Marina. Crews recovered a man's body from the river. 

The man was identified as 66-year-old Ronald Sandbothe of O’Fallon, Missouri.

Sandbothe fell down a rocky embankment and hit his head before falling into the water, according to the report from MSHP.

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