Authorities on Sunday were investigating the death of a woman in Greenfield, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said.

Police were called to a home in the 9400 block of Scott Street shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday. Neighbors told officers that they had not heard from the woman for several days. After searching for her on her property, they found the woman dead under an overturned riding lawnmower.

The Hennepin County medical examiner's office will release the woman's name and cause of death.

Pat Pheifer