Investigators try to identify decomposed body found in woods

DUMAS, Miss. (AP) - The remains of an unidentified body have been found in a wooded area of Dumas, in northern Mississippi.

Tippah County sheriff’s investigator Jeremy Rainey says the remains were found Monday in some woods off a county road.

Rainey says it’s unclear whether foul play was involved because of the amount of decomposition of the body.

The Southern Sentinel and Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal report (https://bit.ly/2hWcNBV ) that the sheriff’s department has been checking leads on missing persons as it investigates.

Dumas is about 80 miles southeast of Memphis.