Woman's Body Discovered On Roadside In Hood County

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HOOD COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) - The Hood County Sheriff's Department is investigating the discovery of an unidentified woman's body along a roadside in the middle of the night.

The Sheriff's Department said on Monday around 3:00 a.m. someone called dispatch saying they saw a body lying on the side of the road near Tin Top Highway and Roberson Court.

Deputies responded and discovered a white woman possibly in her 40's "deceased from unknown causes."

The body will be sent to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.

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