In an update to our earlier reports, Police in Council Bluffs have identified a body that was found Monday morning in a vacant lot. The deceased was 34-year old David Randall Simpson, a homeless man. An autopsy conducted at the Iowa State Medical Examiner Office has ruled his death as a homicide by blunt force trauma.

The body was found in a grassy area just north of a building at around 10:35-a.m. Monday, at 1004 1st Avenue, which is a vacant lot. A Council Bluffs man told officers that while walking his dog in the area he discovered the body and called police.

Anyone having possible information in solving the crime is encouraged to call the Criminal Investigation Division at (712) 328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-7867.