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Body found in car in Davenport

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Davenport police say the discovery of a woman's body inside a car is being investigated as a homicide.

The body was found in the back seat of the car Tuesday evening.

Police say the car, with an Illinois license plate, matches the description and tag of a car that a Rock Island, Ill., woman was driving when she left her home on Nov. 12.

Police believe the woman may have been in the company of a man whose whereabouts are also unknown.

Authorities say the body has not been identified. A cause of death has not been determined.

An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday.