NICKERSON, Kan. (AP) — Kansas authorities are investigating after a woman’s body was found in a northwest Reno County creek.

According to a news release, the body was found Monday afternoon in a small creek near a county road near Nickerson. Sheriff Randy Henderson said authorities are asking for the public’s help to identify the woman.

The victim is described as white and wearing dark athletic clothes. He said that she has a tattoo on her left forearm depicting four paw prints as well as a tattoo of a vine with colored stars on one of her calves.

Henderson said witnesses told officers they saw two blue pickup trucks, a white Dodge Magnum and three people at a bridge near the creek earlier in the day. Henderson said authorities want to talk with those people.

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NICKERSON– Law enforcement authorities say a body was found in a small creek near 43rd & Riverton Road three miles south of Nickerson.

Officials say the body is a white female. She was wearing dark athletic clothing and had numerous tattoos.

The Reno County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation are treating the death as suspicious until they are able to prove otherwise.

A passerby apparently discovered the body in what is known as Dry Creek around 1:20 p.m. Monday.

The Reno County Sheriff could not release many details other than it appears the body had been there for some time.