Police find human remains in the woods of northern Minnesota

The body has not been identified.

September 12, 2019 at 2:45AM

Police found human remains in the woods near Cass Lake, Minn., just east of Bemidji.

Leech Lake Tribal police officers were conducting a search on Tuesday when they found the remains, according to a statement from the department. It was not immediately known why a search was underway or if it was connected to the remains.

An autopsy has been scheduled with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office.

No further details will be available until the body can be identified and relatives notified, police said.

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Greg Stanley is an environmental reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune. He has previously covered water issues, development and politics in Florida's Everglades and in northern Illinois.

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