New Info: Police ID Body Discovered In Woods at Lindbergh and Baptist Church Road

St. Louis County police said Thursday they believe they have identified the man's body found this week in a group of trees behind a shopping center at Lindbergh Boulevard and Baptist Church Road. 

They are not ready to release the name since they are looking to notify family.

Officials said they used items found on or near the body to identify him. Wednesday, police reported it was a white man, since when the body was discovered Tuesday, decomposition led them to question the gender.

Speculation was the body may have been there more than a month.

Two teens reported the find at about 7 p.m. on Tuesday. 

A St. Louis County medical examiner was on the case to determine cause of death, and possible time of death. Early indications were the death was from natural causes, but that has yet to made official.

Locals said the location was behind Shogun Japanese Steak House and Burger King—on the southwest corner—in a strip of trees, where people cut through from Concord Village Road to shopping.

The undeveloped patch of grass and trees is a potential haven for homeless sheltering—boxes, tarps or tent-like structures have been seen in the area where the body was found, a former local resident said.

Others frequently walked dogs in that area.

The area is unincorporated St. Louis County, but some may consider it Concord Village. It is just south on Lindbergh Boulevard of Ronnie's Cinema—a local landmark of sorts.

St. Louis County police from the 3rd Precinct in Affton were working the case. The body was removed Tuesday after detectives investigated the scene.