Dixon police investigating after body found on Milk Farm Road

An investigation is underway after a man's body was found along a Dixon road over the weekend.

Dixon police said officers responded to Milk Farm Road just before 7 p.m. Sunday after a passerby reported seeing what appeared to be a body.

At the scene, officers found the man's body in an outdoor area near the road. Police said the condition of the body prompted detectives to respond, and a suspicious death investigation was opened.

In an update Tuesday, police said the man, who has not yet been identified, was found in an advanced state of decomposition in a brush area off the roadway and is believed to have been dead for an extended period.

An autopsy has been completed, but the official cause of death remains pending, police said. Exactly what led up to his death remains under investigation.  

Investigators said the man may have been living in the area at the time of his death and may have been homeless. At the time he was found, he was wearing a red-and-white long-sleeved flannel shirt, dark-colored jeans and black boots.

The Dixon Police Department is asking anyone who recognizes that description or has information about a missing person matching it to contact investigators.