Found Deceased IL - Dan Gessner, 28, The Other Side bar, East Dubuque, 21 Oct 2019 *endangered, medical device*

[SAMS]

What is being done to find Dan?

 

[bombardier]

cant find any updates on Dan and his searches
on Find Dan Gessner FB page, his friend posted some more photos of him. Please remove if the link violates TOS!

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

bump

 

[That True Crime Addict]

People are allowed to WALK over that thing? For real? That looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen. How can a government believe that bridge is safe for pedestrians??!?!!

There is a small, fenced in area where people can bike/walk/run- I've never personally used it, but it indeed looks terrifying.

 

[Ommmm]

Body found on shore of Mississippi River near Bellevue

BELLEVUE, Iowa (KWWL) -- Bellevue Police are investigating after a body was found on the shore of the Mississippi River north of the town Saturday. The body was found just after 1:30 p.m.

 

[Razz]

He's been missing since October 2019! Wouldn't the body (if it is him) be badly decomposed or does the water prevent decomp?

 

[oceanverde]

It has been confirmed by family in the official FB group that it is Dan.

Jackie Scott

 

[Razz]

It has been confirmed by family in the official FB group that it is Dan.

Jackie Scott

I'm so sorry to hear this. All those months. I wonder if he'd been in the River that long or on the shore. RIP
Dan.

 

[Vail]

He's been missing since October 2019! Wouldn't the body (if it is him) be badly decomposed or does the water prevent decomp?

Between being frozen/cold and adipocere I guess it would still be a 'body'. I am relieved for his family that they found him.

 

[bombardier]

He's been missing since October 2019! Wouldn't the body (if it is him) be badly decomposed or does the water prevent decomp?

my thoughts exactly - for reference in the future, water usually slows decomposition. I always refer back to Casper's Law (established in 1858 but still considered a good generalization); "if all other factors are equal, then, when there is free access of air (ie on the ground) a body decomposes twice as fast than if immersed in water and eight times faster than if buried in earth."

 

[mlhenn]

Body of Missing Eastern Iowa Man Found

28-year-old Dan Gessner of Dubuque, Iowa went missing on October 21, 2019. His body was found more than 20 miles away on Saturday, May 17, 2020, nearly seven months later.

Man who went missing in October found according to authorities
Authorities confirmed Sunday that Dan Gessner, who went missing in October of 2019, has been found. No other information has been given.

 

[Dre]

“Dan Gessner was found Saturday along the banks of the Mississippi River in Bellevue, Iowa, according to Missing Illinois. Bellevue is approximately 24 miles [downstream] from Dubuque, where Gessner disappeared in October.”


Read More: Body of Missing Eastern Iowa Man Found | Body of Missing Eastern Iowa Man Found

 

[Luckyzmom]

Rest in Peace Dan.

 

[SAMS]

Rip Dan

 

[evilwise]

As a very tall person I can contribute that we have higher centers of gravity and it is much easier for us to fall over very common waist high (to us) fences or railings that would be nearly impossible for a short person to fall over.

 

[coverfirehero]

What time did you hear his phone last pinged? I heard it was around midnight on the Iowa side, but there was footage of him on a phone from the Other Side. If it's past the midnight ping that's really interesting.

I don't recall. Though, I imagine it was from the facebook page, with dubious epistemology. I wish a journalist or someone would do a freedom of information act request to find out more information from the police side of things. They seemed to be convinced early on that he would be in the river, and the facebook moderators did not take kindly to negative questions such as why haven't the police issued cadaver dogs. My initial post was absent the information police had received of a man fitting his description, crying on the bridge, and then being absent when he returned. I am assuming this led them to believe he had jumped. I didn't know him personally. I was with someone very close to him at the time, who was convinced that he must've been murdered, though no evidence was ever found to substantiate it. No autospy to my knowledge was performed, so the family must be content with the fact.

In response to some of the other speculation... you can't accidentally fall off the bridge. The fence is very high. There is however an area beneath the bridge where some drunken idiots will climb into, so you could accidentally fall off if you were trying to reach that area.