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.
