UPDATE: Body Found Near Lebanon Identified.

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The Laclede County Sheriff’s Department has identified a man found dead Tuesday in a wooded area.

A news release says the victim was 62-year-old Alden Bryant of Lebanon.

He was reported missing after his mobile home was destroyed by fire on Sunday night.

His pickup was recovered in Springfield Thursday night.

The driver, 33-year-old Sterling King of Billings, was arrested on a drug charge.

He is in the Laclede County Jail.