Essen (dpa / lnw) - A body was found near the Ruhr in Essen on Wednesday evening. The identification is still pending, said a spokesman for the police on Thursday. The autopsy is expected to be on Friday. The cause of death is also still unclear. It will only be possible to say after the forensic examination whether the person died violently. The body was found in the Kupferdreh district near a bridge. A connection to a missing person case can currently "neither be confirmed nor denied," the police said.