TWIGGS COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE, 4:15 p.m.:
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating after a body was found in the woods off of Highway 96 near the Twiggs, Houston County line.
According to GBI Director Nelly Miles, Twiggs County Sheriff Darren Mitchum asked the GBI for investigative assistance on Sunday around 8 p.m.
Coroner Harold Reece said Monday that the body is that of a 44-year-old woman.
Reece says the body is being taken to the GBI crime lab in Atlanta to perform an autopsy.
The coroner officially pronounced the woman dead at 7:43 p.m. Sunday, but they believe the body had been there for up to two weeks. She was found in a ditch next to a road.
Reece says they are still waiting to identify the victim but believe she was an Atlanta-area resident.
The cause of death is still under investigation.
The GBI, Twiggs Sheriff's Office, and coroner’s office are all working together on the investigation.
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