Police identify woman found in northern Indiana ditch
Posted August 24, 2017 7:00 am
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - Police in northern Indiana have identified a woman whose body was found in a ditch but aren't saying yet how she died.
She was identified Thursday as 24-year-old Ashleigh Nicole Blatz of LaPorte County.
Michigan City police say a bicyclist discovered her body on the city's far east side about 7:25 a.m. Wednesday.
Police aren't calling the case a homicide but rather a "death investigation."
An autopsy has been ordered.
Police are asking the public for information leading to the circumstances surrounding her death.
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