LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police are investigating after a body was found in a ditch in Shelby County, Kentucky.

According to police, the body was found around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday on Cropper and Vigo roads, north of Shelbyville.

The county coroner told WDRB News the body was partially decomposed. A cause of death will be determined through an autopsy.

Police are calling the case a death investigation. The person has not yet been identified.

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