Jul 17, 2020

Body, bicycle equipment found in rural area of Kansas

Posted Jul 17, 2020 10:00 PM
Deputies on the scene of the investigation Friday photo courtesy KAKE
Deputies on the scene of the investigation Friday photo courtesy KAKE

AUGUSTA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after the body of an elderly man was found in a rural area of south-central Kansas along with some bicyclist equipment.

Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet said Friday afternoon that a man and a woman found the body while working on a fence southwest of Augusta, KAKE-TV reports. The body had been there several days.

Herzet is asking anyone who knows of a missing bicyclist to contact law enforcement.