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Woman's body found on Fort Wayne cemetery property

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Police officers used dogs to search a Fort Wayne cemetery after a woman was found dead in an undeveloped section of the property.

Police say officers were called to Catholic Cemetery after workers spotted the body Monday afternoon. Investigators questioned a man who was seen walking away from the cemetery east of the city's downtown but he wasn't immediately arrested.

The Journal Gazette reports the woman's body was found in the southern part of the cemetery, which is not now used for burials.

Police say the cause of the woman's death is under investigation. Her identity wasn't immediately released.

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