CORNWALL, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont State Police say they have located a body in a field near the Middlebury College campus during the ongoing search for missing student Lia Smith.

Smith, a 21-year-old senior from Woodside, California, was last seen on campus on Friday and was reported missing on Sunday.

Vermont State Police, Middlebury Police, and other agencies converged Thursday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. after they say a body was discovered in an area near The Knoll, an organic farm just west of the college’s campus.

Police say an autopsy is scheduled to confirm the identity of the victim and the manner of death. They add that an initial investigation does not indicate that the death is suspicious.

It comes as the Vermont State Police on Thursday allocated more resources in the week-l

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