UPDATE: A body found in the woods off Charter Colony Parkway in Midlothian on Thursday is that of missing Chesterfield teen Laura C. Harris, Chesterfield Police confirmed. Police said foul play was not suspected in her death.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- A death investigation is underway in Chesterfield County, Virginia, after a female body was discovered along the 13000 block of Genito Road in Midlothian. Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett the body was discovered on Thursday about 100 yards behind the CVS drugstore on Genito Road near Charter Colony Parkway.
"Some contractors driving by just happened to look over into the woods and saw what they thought was a body. They turned around and went down to investigate themselves and did discover a body in the woods," Burkett reported from the scene. "I actually spoke with the fella that did see what appeared to be the body in the woods. He said that it was by the grace of God that they drove by and just happened to look over there and saw it and told his boss to turn around. His boss thought he was messing around but when they came back around they discovered the body and he called 911."
Chesterfield Police said the body was located at about 12:16 p.m.
"The Chesterfield County Police Department is investigating the death of an unidentified female whose body was discovered in the area of the 2300 block of Charter Colony Parkway on Thursday, March 7," a Chesterfield Police spokesperson wrote. "The body will be transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for identification."
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