DEAD BODY FOUND BY HIKERS IN BADGER SPRINGS

ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, YCSO DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE REPORT OF A DEAD BODY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST OF I-17 NEAR MILE MARKER 254.

A DPS TROOPER WAS ORIGINALLY CONTACTED BY 3 FEMALES HIKING IN THE AREA. THE FEMALES STATED THEY OBSERVED A BODY IN A WATERING HOLE NEARBY. DPS RESPONDED AND CONFIRMED THE SUBJECT WAS DECEASED. 

DEPUTIES ARRIVED SOON AFTER AND OBSERVED THE DECEASED SUBJECT WAS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN THE WATER/MUD. THE SUBJECT WAS ALSO COMPLETELY NUDE; HOWEVER, PERSONAL ITEMS WERE LOCATED NEAR THE WATERING HOLE AS WELL AS POSSIBLE OTHER PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

DUE TO THE SUSPICIOUS NATURE OF THE INCIDENT, YCSO CRIMINAL DETECTIVES WERE NOTIFIED AND ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.

THE SUBJECT HAS NOT, AS OF YET, BEEN IDENTIFIED.