Crime & Safety

Body Found in West-Side Field

No evidence of foul play, say police

 

A body was discovered in an open field at 4th St West at West MacArthur, according to a Sonoma Police Department report.

The dead women was discovered Wednesday, during a resident's walk through the field.

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The body may have been laying in the field for approximately a week, police said, based on decomposition. The women was partially obscured from view, lying under a tree beside tall grass.

Detectives from the Sonoma County Sheriff's office conducted a preliminary investigation, due to the condition of the body. Police say they suspect no evidence of foul play. 

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The Police Department had not yet released confirmed the woman's identity or notified next of kin as of Thursday morning. 

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