MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) - Vermont State Police reports Thursday that a body has been recovered from a field west of the Middlebury College Campus. The identity of the deceased person has not been confirmed.

An autopsy is expected to be performed on Friday to confirm identity and determine cause and manner of death. The death is not currently believed to be suspicious.

A press conference was scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Thursday to provide updates on the investigation. That conference was cancelled less than fifteen minutes beforehand.

According to Vermont State Police, the body was located near The Knoll, which is an organic farm at Middlebury College, at about 1:30 p.m.

Police reported earlier that they had activated their Search and Rescue Team to help in the search for 21-year-old

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