Sheriff IDs body found in river near former Dakota Access Pipeline protest site

Red Power Media Staff | April 10, 2017

Morton County Sheriff’s Department say a body found along the Cannonball River shoreline Sunday was 35-year-old Damjan Nedelkovski of Glendale, Calif.

Nedelkovski was found by a local fisherman around 11:30 a.m. on April 9.

According to the autopsy there was no trauma to the body that would suspect any foul play. The cause of death is still pending, and authorities are unsure how long the body was in the river.

According to Forum News Service, the California man was at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps. Nedelkovski, who was known to be at the protest camps, last had contact with family and friends on Oct. 29, 2016.

The Bismarck Tribune reports, the day before, he was stopped for speeding in South Dakota. There, he told police he was headed to the pipeline protest camps.

His stepbrother filed a missing person report with Glendale Police Department on Nov. 16, 2016, according to authorities.