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New Info. On Body Found By Hunters

By Michael George

FOND DU LAC COUNTY - New information now about a body found in Fond Du Lac County. Police say it was a young woman and the body had been there for awhile. A group of hunters came across the body in a shallow stream on an abandoned farm, and new evidence has investigators thinking someone murdered the woman and dumped the body, thinking no one would ever find it. videoClick here to see video from the scene. Investigators are now calling the case a Jane Doe homicide, but they still don't know who the victim is. "This is somebody's sister, this is somebody's daughter, somebody's mother, who knows? It's a human dealing we're dealing with,” Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink said. videoClick here to see and interview with Fond Du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink. The victim is an adult woman, most likely Caucasian. It's not clear how long the body has been in this wooded area far from any homes. "The body's in an area that could certainly be referred to in the old detective lingo as a ‘dump site,’” Sheriff Fink said. The owner of the land didn't want to comment, but the sheriff says he is not considered a suspect. Residents aren't surprised someone picked this area to dump the body. "It might have seemed a good place as it has at other times. You hide a body in the woods, you cover it up with branches,” Lomira resident Bill Melandes said. The investigation is proving tough. There haven't been any reports of missing people matching the woman's description. As forensics experts try to identify the woman, the investigation is growing. Detectives are even talking to police departments in other states, in the hopes that someone out there knows who this woman is.