COWLEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating the discovery of a body on the railroad tracks in rural Cowley County.
Just after 2:30p.m. Sunday, Cowley County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the railroad tracks west of the Kansas 15 and U.S. 77 Highway junction for the remains of a human body on the tracks, according to Sheriff Dave Faletti.
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad employee found the body. Deputies notified the coroner. An autopsy has been requested by the Coroner at the Kansas Forensic Science Center to identify the remains.