The Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office, along with Wilkesboro Police Department, and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations, recovered an unidentified body Monday afternoon.The body was found on private property in the Roaring River Community of Wilkes County, deputies said. Click the video player above to view in-studio coverage of the discoveryThe body had been exposed to the elements of nature and appears to have been at the location where it was located for multiple days, according to deputies.The body was wrapped up in "an article," when deputies made the discovery. It was not examined at the scene, but taken to a forensic pathologist"The body was recovered at the scene, and not examined for further information, but was taken and transported to a forensic pathologist for an autopsy," a news release stated. The body was found from information as part of an on-going investigation. Authorities have not released the identity of the body they found. This is a developing story. Stay with WXII 12 News for the latest information.