(KAIR)--Authorities in Jefferson County are working to identify a body found Friday in Winchester.

WIBW-TV reports the body was discovered in a tree line, near an abandoned house, located off of 166th Street, east of Mooney Creek Road, by a farmer.

Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig told the TV station the body appears to be that of a man in his forties, and may have been in the tree line since January.

An autopsy is being conducted.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Lansing Police Department, and the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s office, are assisting with the investigation.