Virgil L. Wilcox

FOUND DECEASED

Virgil Wilcox

Virgil L. Wilcox
Age at Report: 66
Weight: 175 lbs.
Height: 5’10”
Hair: Grey
Eyes: Blue
Race: Caucasian
Previously Missing From: Hamilton County
Since: November 1, 2007

Virgil L. Wilcox was reported missing to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in Webster City on November 1, 2007.

UPDATE: On July 26, 2012, a family out fishing in Little Wall Lake near Jewell, Iowa, discovered human remains in the lake.

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said the partially decomposed body was taken to the state medical examiner’s office.

The medical examiner’s office said Wilcox’s death has been ruled a suicide with the cause of death listed as drowning.  Authorities said foul play has been ruled out in Wilcox’s death.

Sources:

• “Authorities ID man found dead in lake,” KCCI Channel 8 Des Moines, July 28, 2012
• “Remains in lake are those of man missing since 2008,” Des Moines Register, July 27, 2012