Two residents of the apartment complex remain unaccounted for, even as search and rescue crews continued to work overnight from Saturday into Sunday.
last weekend was found dead, officials confirmed on Sunday. A spokesperson for the city of Davenport, where the building is located, identified the person as Branden Colvin in a statement to CBS News.
As search operations got underway, officials in Davenport said last week that five people were missing in the aftermath of the collapse, with two likely in the wreckage and feared dead. Davenport Police Chief Jeff Bladel revised the number of missing residents to three on Thursday, saying at a news conference that two of the people originally thought to be unaccounted for had been contacted by the city and confirmed to be safe.
People view a six-story apartment building after it collapsed yesterday on May 29, 2023 in Davenport, Iowa.Recovery efforts have been complex. The building, which was constructed over 100 years ago,"is in imminent danger of collapse," structural engineer Larry Sandhaas warned several days into the operation, saying that search efforts should be carried out carefully.
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