Dead body found

| May 17, 2014 9:00 PM

FERNAN - A body recovered from the woods just off Fernan Lake Road on Friday may be linked to an investigation in Spokane.

Investigators with the Spokane Police Major Crimes unit contacted the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office on Friday after receiving a tip that there was a body in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest that could be related to a Spokane case.

Kootenai County Sheriff's Lt. Stu Miller said detectives from both agencies searched the forest land for about two hours before finding the body about 10 miles east of Fernan Lake Village.

Miller said he couldn't release details about the body, or whether it was male or female.

Spokane Police released a short statement Friday afternoon saying the body would be identified by the Kootenai County Medical Examiner's Office following an autopsy.