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Body found in woods

Posted at 2:05 PM, Feb 25, 2020
and last updated 2020-02-25 14:05:52-05

LANSING, Mich. — Lansing police are on the scene of a wooded area near south Martin Luther King Jr. and REO Road in Lansing.

An officer from the LPD told Fox 47 they are investigating a suspicious death.

The police, along with a crime scene investigation unit, are searching behind the Willits Auto Parts building.

Lansing PIO Robert Merritt said that they were called around 9:35 a.m. on Tuesday regarding an unresponsive person.

Once they got to the area, they declared that the body had been there awhile.

They aren't saying if it is a man or a woman but will look at fingerprints and tattoos to help ID the victim.

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