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Des Moines police locate body believed to be missing woman

Police believe there is "no indication of criminal action related to this death."

DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines police located a body "tentatively identified as Joann Stone" Saturday afternoon. 

Officers found the body at the 12400 block of Woodlands Parkway around 3:40 p.m. 

Police believe there is "no indication of criminal action related to this death," and an official cause of death has not yet been released.

Police first asked for help locating Stone Saturday morning.

According to a press release, the 48-year-old Des Moines resident was last seen shortly after 2 a.m. on April 28 outside a medical facility on the 1600 block of 60th Street in West Des Moines.

Her vehicle and personal possessions were found at her home. Police believe she was last there on April 27. 

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