Police identify body found in Chubbuck
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Police identify body found in Chubbuck
CHUBBUCK, Idaho (KIFI) - UPDATE 5/25/21: The Chubbuck Police Department has identified a body found in a field Saturday as Karl Lockhart.
Officers say they are still investigating what led to his disappearance and now death.
ORIGINAL: Officials are investigating a decomposed body found in a field in Chubbuck.
The Bannock County Sheriff's Office received a call around 4:30 p.m. Saturday that land surveyors working near the southeast end of Nelson Lane in Chubbuck had found a body.
Sheriff Tony Manu told Local News 8 the body is too badly decomposed to immediately tell the person's gender. His office is the only agency currently investigating the incident.