AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department is reaching out to the community for information after the discovery of a body Thursday morning.

About 8:22 a.m. Thursday, officers responded to a call about the discovery of a male body near the Kingsbury Station Solar Project on Alf Avenue.

The decedent has been identified as 25-year-old Magdaleno Benitez Flores. The body was discovered by MasTec Utility Services Group employees.

Homicide detectives were called to the scene because of the trauma to the body. The case is being investigated as suspicious. An investigation revealed Flores had been dead for several days prior to the discovery of his body.

The Travis County Medical Examiner was scheduled to perform an autopsy Friday.

Anyone with information was urged to call the Homicide Top Line at 512-477-3588 or Crime Stoppers at 512-472-TIPS.