Officials find bodies of three missing in Iowa apartment collapse

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Part of the building collapsed on May 28. Associated Press/Photo by Charlie Neibergall

Officials find bodies of three missing in Iowa apartment collapse

Authorities in Davenport, Iowa, said every resident of an apartment building that collapsed May 28 was accounted for Monday. Search crews recovered the remains of Branden Colvin Sr., 42, on Saturday, one day after officials ended the search for survivors. Workers found the body of Ryan Hitchcock, 51, on Sunday, and Daniel Prien, 60, on Monday. During the rescue effort, local fire officials said the apartment building was unstable and at risk of collapsing.

Will anyone be held accountable? Dayna Feuerbach, a building resident, filed a lawsuit Monday against the building owner, the city of Davenport, and engineers and contractors who worked on the building. The lawsuit claims officials knew the structure was unstable but failed to warn residents. According to documents released by the city, city officials and the building owner were cautioned for months that parts of the structure were at risk of crumbling.

Dig deeper: Read the report in WORLD Magazine on the Surfside condominium tragedy.

Lauren Canterberry

Lauren Canterberry is a reporter for WORLD. She graduated from the World Journalism Institute and the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism, both in 2017. She worked as a local reporter in Texas and now lives in Georgia with her husband.