Dubuque Police Investigate Vehicle Pulled From Mississippi River

 CONTACT:
 Lt. D. Brendan Welsh
 Public Information Officer                                                                                           Dubuque Police Department                                                        Bwelsh@cityofdubuque.org / 563-589-4473

10/26/23 -- For Immediate Release

DUBUQUE, Iowa – On October 12^th, 2023 the Dubuque Police Department was notified that employees from Newt Marine Services, while conducting dredge operations in the Mississippi River near the Hawthorne Boat Ramp, located a submerged vehicle.  This vehicle was pulled from the river and identified as a 1981 Mercury Zephyr.  Investigators from the Dubuque Police Department were assisted by Wenzel Towing in recovering the vehicle.  During the subsequent investigation and while processing this vehicle, investigators were able to identify it as belonging to Paul Joseph Knockel who had been reported missing in Dubuque on November 25^th, 1990.  Knockel was 53 at the time he was reported missing by family and his case has remained open since then.  No human remains were located while investigators processed this vehicle. Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact Investigator Corporal Clark Egdorf at 563-589-4430 or Cegdorf@cityofdubuque.org.  Anonymous tips can be submitted online via the Dubuque Police Department’s Official Page: www.cityofdubuque.org/209/Police or by calling Dubuque/Jo Daviess Crime Stoppers at (800)747-0117.  

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