ELKINS, W.Va. (WBOY) — The West Virginia State Police (WVSP) Elkins Detachment is asking the public for help in identifying a woman who was found dead on a Randolph County road.

According to a release sent out by the WVSP, at roughly 2 a.m. Saturday morning a driver traveling on Back Road in the area of Mill Creek stopped to called Randolph County 911 and report that they had struck what they believed was a deer lying in the roadway.

When first responders arrived it was discovered that it was not a deer in the road but "an adult female who was deceased."

Despite investigating, officials have not been able to identify the victim. Her body was taken to the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy and identification.

Those with information on the woman or the inci

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