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Parents Seek Answers After Son's Remains Found In Abandoned Iowa Store

The parents of a man whose remains were found in a vacant grocery store ten years after he was reported missing want more answers than what they've been given so far.

The remains of Larry Murillo-Moncada were found in January at an abandoned No Frills Supermarket in Council Bluffs, where he worked, but they weren't positively identified until last month.

His parents had reported him missing after Thanksgiving in 2009. Investigators ruled the death accidental but on Sunday, his parents shared their doubts about the story regarding his death.

Murillo-Moncada’s remains were located behind the coolers of the store. Council Bluffs police were called to the building at 18th and Broadway on January 24th when the discovery was made by a contractor removing those coolers.

An autopsy showed no signs of trauma. Investigators believe he had climbed on top of the coolers and fallen into an 18-inch gap between the wall and the cooler where he got trapped.

His parents want to know why it took so long to find his body. “They want to know why the people there never did an internal search and why 10 years after this accident his body is discovered. It's a sad thing," says their attorney, James Martin Davis.

Murillo-Moncada’s parents don't understand how a security camera inside the store and the reported smell coming from the coolers didn't warrant some kind of search. They're asking any former employees or managers of the supermarket to come forward with any information they may have.

Davis says the family is not looking to file a lawsuit, just get some answers and find out what happened.. "That may eventually come about and it may not, that's not their primary concern," Davis says.


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