PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, Va. β An investigation is underway after two bicyclists found a woman's body under a fallen tree in High Bridge Trail State Park Saturday morning, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.
The disturbing discovery was made around 7:30 a.m. in the Prospect area of the park, according to Matthew Demlein with Virginia State Police.
State police officials have classified the case as a suspicious death investigation.
Crime Insider sources told Burkett that the tree where the woman's body was found appeared to be freshly cut.
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The state police's Bureau of Criminal Investigation Appomattox Field Office, with the aid of the Department of Conservation and Recreation Law Enforcement and the Prince Edward County Sheriffβs Office, is investigating the case, Demlein said.
No additional details about the woman's identity or possible cause of death were available as of Saturday afternoon.
Authorities are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Anyone with information about the incident was urged to call Virginia State Police Division 3 Dispatch at 1-800-552-0962.
High Bridge Trail State Park in Prince Edward County and is roughly 80 miles and a 1-hour 25-minute drive from Richmond along Route 460. The park's 32.2-mile trail is "ideally suited for hiking, bicycling and horseback riding," according to state tourism officials. The park's High Bridge above the Appomattox River is the longest recreational bridge in the Commonwealth.
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