LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A woman found dead on I-65 in Columbus, Indiana, has been identified nearly a week after police began searching for answers surrounding her death.
The woman, identified Saturday as 21-year-old Araceli Jaimes Macedo of Lexington, Kentucky, was found on the shoulder of the northbound lanes of I-65, about three miles south of Columbus, just after 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17.
State transportation workers found her body and contacted authorities. An autopsy report found she had died of multiple blunt force trauma to the front of her body.
Investigators remain uncertain whether she was hit by a vehicle or received the injuries somewhere else.Â
Officials had released several photos of various tattoos on her body, asking for the public's help in identifying her.
The investigation into her death remains ongoing.
Police are asking anyone who may have been driving in the area and saw anything suspicious to contact detectives with the Columbus Police Department at 812-376-2600.
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