Ott did not provide any further details.
Two other men, 51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and Daniel Prien, 60,
were still missing as of Sunday. Local authorities said last
week that the three men still unaccounted for, including Colvin
Sr., had a "high probability of being home at the time of the
partial building collapse."
A center section of the six-story, brick and steel building
collapsed on May 28. The building, more than 100 years old,
contained 84 apartments and businesses. Davenport is a small
city on the Mississippi River, just west of the border with
Illinois. At least nine people were rescued from the site in the
days after the collapse.
The instability of the remaining structure created treacherous
conditions for rescuers, forcing a slower response, according to
officials.
Authorities said at a news conference on Friday that operations
were moving from search and rescue efforts to shoring and
securing what is left of the structure.
Colvin Sr.'s son was notified that his father's body had been
found on the same day he received his high school diploma.
"He's proud of me. He is the reason I was even able to have
enough strength to walk across the stage,” Branden Colvin Jr.,
18, said in an interview with CNN.
(Reporting by Maria Caspani; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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