DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) – The Davenport Police Department has opened a death investigation after a body was found in the Mississippi River.

Thursday at approximately 1:03 p.m., the Scott Emergency Communications Center received the report of a body found in the river on the LeClaire Park riverfront, according to a media release from police. Upon arrival, police and fire said they found the body of an adult woman in the river.

The medical examiner investigator indicated the body appeared to have been “in the river for an extended period of time,” according to the media release. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the identity and cause of death.

This incident remains under investigation, police said.