Kandiyohi County officials are investigating after a body was found in a Kandiyohi Township field Wednesday afternoon.
The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office responded at 3:12 p.m. Wednesday to the scene near the intersection of 49th Street Northeast and 8th Avenue Northeast after receiving a call of a deceased person.
The location is located on the west side of 49th Street Northeast, about a mile north of the BNSF Railway line and bridge, just west of the Fancy Coats business location. It is about 2 miles east of Willmar in a farmland area.
The body was taken to the Midwest Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy, said Sheriff Daniel Hartog in a news release. Identification of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of family.
The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office is conducting the investigation with the assistance of the Willmar Police Department, C6 Drug and Gang Task Force and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
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