By Associated Press - Friday, April 8, 2016

NICOMA PARK, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma County authorities say the body of a woman found in a ditch near Nicoma Park has been identified.

Sheriff’s spokesman Mark Opgrande said in a news release Friday that the body found March 31 is that of 26-year-old Alecia Payne.

A cause of death has not been determined.

The sheriff’s off on Thursday had released a sketch of the woman and asked the public to help identify her.

Opgrande said investigators are searching for anyone who saw Payne on the night of March 30.

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