BLYN, Wash. — A woman's body was found deep in the Buckhorn Wilderness of the Olympic National Forest in Clallam County on Friday.
Police aren't saying much about the discovery except that the body is that of a woman and she appears to be the victim of a homicide.
Investigators won't say how she was killed, whether she was clothed or how old she appears to be. They did tell KING 5 the woman doesn't appear to have been dead for very long.
Her body was found off Forest Service Road 28 near the town of Blyn, about 25 miles southeast of Port Angeles.
The area is so dense that investigators had to tie brightly colored ribbons to the trees so they could find their way through the remote roads to the crime scene.
Detectives said the woman they found doesn't match the description of anybody who has been reported missing in this area.
"It's a wide-open investigation," said Clallam County Sheriff Sgt. John Hollis. "We want to notify next of kin as soon as possible. The investigation will continue throughout that process."
The FBI is assisting in the investigation because the body was found on federal forest land. Authorities do not believe there is a threat to the general public.