Update at 4:38 p.m. Friday: The body found buried in a shallow grave on Lone Mountain Tuesday morning has been identified as belonging to a female with reddish/blonde hair standing between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 8 inches, the Carson City Sheriff's Office said in a news release on Friday.

She was discovered wearing an adult diaper, size 7 Asics shoes with purple lines, size 8 rings, Aristar bifocals glasses with 135 mm inscription and partial top dentures, the release said.

Her name has not been released, though the release said she might have been associated with the local homeless population.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Acosta 775-283-7855 or acosta@carson.org or 775-887-2008.

Earlier:

Carson City deputies continue to probe the cause of death of a body found buried in a shallow grave on Lone Mountain Tuesday morning.

"We found feet sticking out of the ground," Furlong said.

The incident was reported at 10:52 a.m. just north of the Lone Mountain Cemetery, near Roop Street and Winnie Lane.

Investigators said they found what looked to be material from a sleeping bag wrapped around the remains, Furlong said. The body was removed from a 2-foot shallow grave.

“'If she died, why didn’t somebody call? Why bury it?'”

Sheriff Ken Furlong

The finding is considered a "death investigation," authorities said.

"There has to be suspicion of foul play because this body was there," Furlong said. "Somebody buried it there.

"Somebody knew this person was dead, the question is how did she die?" he said. "If she died, why didn't somebody call? Why bury it?

"We have four people up at the autopsy," he said Wednesday afternoon. "And we have tons and tons of unanswered questions."

Furlong said there's a possibility the body may have been a woman, but authorities are awaiting an autopsy to confirm its gender.

"Right now at this moment we haven't gotten into the body," he said.

A hiker had reported the finding to authorities after coming across two shoes and a foot, left exposed from the shallow grave on a hillside.

"The area where the discovery took place is not associated with the (Lone Mountain Cemetery), but is heavily traveled by the homeless population and hikers," authorities said in a statement

"The goal is to get it to the medical examiner just as it was on the ground," Furlong said. "We didn't know a lot because we didn't open the bag up and look at the body.

"We want to get it to them in a pristine condition as possible."

 
Body found on Carson City hiking trail was inside sleeping bag
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 11:34am

UPDATE 7:48PM: A mostly decomposed body inside of a sleeping bag was removed from a shallow two-foot grave on Lone Mountain, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. Details regarding the identity, gender and age are pending an autopsy scheduled for Wednesday. No other details are available at this time.
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UPDATE 4:48PM: The body found by a hiker Tuesday morning off a hiking trail in the hills above Lone Mountain Cemetery has been removed and an autopsy will be performed Wednesday morning, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

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UPDATE 1:58PM: The following is from Sheriff Ken Furlong: The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is on scene at Lone Mountain, above the Lone Mountain Cemetery at Roop Street and Winnie Lane, after a hiker reported what is believed to be a buried body. The incident was reported at 10:52 a.m.

Deputies arrived at the scene and verified that two shoes and a foot appeared to be exposed from a shallow grave on the hillside. The area where the discovery took place is not associated with the cemetery, but is heavily traveled by the homeless population and hikers.

The Sheriff’s Office is coordinating closely with the Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office before any unearthing is performed. At this time, the matter is being investigated as a “death investigation”. Since the body has not yet been exhumed, no further details are readily available. Investigators are also searching old records of any missing persons from the area.
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UPDATE: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said detectives are investigating the discovery of what appears to be a body in a shallow grave containing what is believed to be human extremities. It was discovered in the hills above Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City by a hiker in the area Tuesday morning. Furlong said it is being investigated as a suspicious. More information will be made available once the coroner investigates, said Furlong.
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A body was discovered Tuesday morning off a trail above Lone Mountain Cemetery. The discovery was made at around 11 a.m. by a hiker. Carson City sheriff’s detectives are at the scene.
An officer who came on scene said the body was in a shallow grave. The scene is considered suspicious and officers have surrounded the area. A crime lab is responding and the coroner has been called.

Crime tape has gone up around and investigators have called it a long term investigation. Detectives have a command post set up off of Northridge and Newridge.

A witness who was walking his dog said he walked past the officers and saw what appeared to be a piece of clothing on the ground.