FAUCETT, Mo. (AP) -- Buchanan County authorities are investigating after the body of a woman was found in a duffel bag along a county road.

Sheriff Bill Puett says a state transportation worker saw a bag in a ditch Tuesday and called authorities after approaching it.

The body was found just west of Faucett near Missouri 371.

The woman is believed to be between 40 and 55. An autopsy is planned to determine her cause of death.