By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostBuchanan County authorities have identified the woman whose body was found discarded in a bag alongside a road in southern Buchanan County.Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett identifies the woman as 21-year-old Arial Anne-Rae Starcher of Independence.A road crew with the Missouri Department of Transportation spotted the bag in a Vincent Road ditch south of Faucett Tuesday afternoon. When it appeared suspicious, the workers called the Buchanan County Sheriff's Office. Deputies confirmed the bag contained the body of a woman.The sheriff’s office has declined to release details of the homicide. The investigation is ongoing.Anyone with information regarding Arial Starcher, her known friends or associates, or areas Arial is known to frequent should contact the Investigations Division at 816-236-8845 or 816-238-TIPS (8477).------------By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostBuchanan County authorities have identified the body found stuffed inside a bag left in a ditch alongside a road in southern Buchanan County.The identity is being withheld from the public until relatives have been notified.Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett has released only that the woman was 22 years old.A road crew with the Missouri Department of Transportation spotted the bag alongside Vincent Road south of Faucett Tuesday afternoon. When it appeared suspicious, the workers called the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies confirmed the bag contained the body of a woman.An autopsy was ordered. The investigation continues.-------------------By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostBUCHANAN COUNTY, Mo. —A bag spotted by a highway worker at the side of a Buchanan County road led to a shocking discovery by Buchanan County deputies:&nbsp; a body.The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office reports it received a call from a Missouri Department of Transportation worker who saw a bag in the ditch beside Vincent Road Tuesday afternoon near Faucett, approximately 40 miles north of Kansas City. When he decided to get a closer look, it appeared a body was inside.Deputies confirmed the discovery and say the bag contained the body of a woman, approximately 40 to 55 years old.An autopsy has been ordered. A suspicious death investigation is underway

Update: Police release identity of body stuffed in bag near Kansas City