AUSTIN, Texas – A bicyclist riding through East Austin discovered a body in a field that is being investigated as a suspicious death by police.

  • Body found in East Austin
  • Police investigating suspicious death
  • Witnesses asked to call police

On Monday at 5:36 p.m., a 911 caller reported seeing a body on the 7000 block of Ed Bluestein Boulevard while riding by on a bicycle.

Arriving police located the body and are working to determine the events surrounding the person’s death.

Anyone who saw or heard something is asked to call the Homicide Tip Line at 512-477-3588.

The gender of the person is not being released at this time.