The Rice County Sheriff's Office confirmed late Monday that a body has been recovered from a ditch in rural Lonsdale.
According to the Lonsdale Area News-Review, on Monday afternoon sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a remote area in the 7000 block of 60th Street West in Lonsdale-Wheatland Township. Neighbors told the local paper that a Rice County employee discovered a body while cutting weeds in the ditch.
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has been called in to examine the scene.
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Authorities have released few details, and the identity of the deceased is not yet known.
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