POCAHONTAS, Ark. (AP) — Police in Pocahontas say a body found in the city is that of a missing carnival worker.

Pocahontas Police Chief Cecil Tackett said Thursday the body was identified as that of 26-year-old Mathew St. Amant of Church Point, La.

The chief says the ArkansasState Crime Lab made the identification through fingerprints.

Jonesboro television station KAIT reports (http://is.gd/3VctGg) St. Amant was reported missing by a relative and that his fair group also hadn't seen him for a time.

The body was found in a neighborhood in Pocahontas and people living there say they didn't hear or see anything suspicious.

The investigation is continuing.

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