PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - Police are investigating after a body was found in a wooded area in Paducah.

According to the Paducah Police Department, they responded to the 1300 block of Tennessee Street on Thursday, December 4 after a report of a person found dead by contractors who were working in the area.

They say the remains were in a “severe state of decomposition.”

The McCracken County Coroner’s Office has an autopsy scheduled for Friday.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Paducah Police Department at 270-444-8550.

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