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UPDATE: Body Found In Leipsic River Tony Mozick, Murdered Last Month

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By Lauren Peirce - email

LEIPSIC, Del. - Delaware State Police confirm that the body found Tuesday in the Leipsic River belongs to 45-year-old Tony Mozick.

The Medical Examiner's Office has ruled the cause of death to be homicide, by multiple stab wounds. In early January, Mozick's mother filed a missing persons report, telling authorities he hadn't shown up to be given his medication 3 days before. An investigation lead them to his daughter, Jennifer Barnes, and her boyfriend, Gerard Schweiger.

Schweiger allegedly got in an argument with Mozick and stabbed him several times with a small knife. The two then apparently Mozick's body in a plastic tote container and threw it into the river the next day. The couple was arrested January 15th.

We will continue to keep you updated on this story. Stay tuned to WMDT and wmdt.com for the very latest.

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