Body found in Crow Wing County

Authorities are investigating after the remains were found just off a highway in Fort Ripley, south of Brainerd.

June 25, 2023 at 10:11PM

A female's body was found early Sunday morning on a frontage road in Fort Ripley, Minn., a city about 15 miles south of Brainerd.

The Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office said the remains were near the intersection of Legend Lane, a frontage road that runs along the southbound side of Hwy. 371, and Killian Road.

The Sheriff's Office did not say whether the body had been identified or give a possible age. No circumstances of the death were provided.

The body was found after a passerby called authorities just before 6 a.m.

Sheriff's deputies and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension were investigating.

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