WICHITA — Authorities have confirmed that a body found in the Arkansas River is that of a missing theology student.
Police said Monday that the body has been identified as that of 24-year-old Brian Bergkamp, a native of Garden Plain. He had been scheduled to enter his third year of theology study at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
He was found last week after being reported missing July 9 when the Arkansas River was swollen by recent rains.