Death Investigation Near Missouri Flat Road

At about 4:30pm today EDSO Central Dispatch received a report from a passerby that a body was located in an open field southeast of the intersection of Missouri Flat Road and US Highway 50. Patrol deputies responded and located the partially decomposed remains of a female. At this hour Deputy Sheriffs and Detectives are on scene conducting an investigation of this suspicious situation. The EDSO Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Unit has been called. Information regarding the circumstances of this death and the identity of the decedent is unknown at this hour.