Cops investigate death of woman found on rural road
Posted: 12.02.2010 at 11:26 AM
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PHELPS, NY (AP) -- Authorities say they're investigating the death of a woman whose body was found near a car along a rural western New York road.

The Ontario County Sheriff's Department says a passing motorist spotted the woman around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday lying on the ground at the edge of a farm field in the town of Phelps, 30 miles southeast of Rochester.

Officials identified the woman Thursday as 35-year-old Valerie Tichenor of Newark in Wayne County.

The Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office is investigating the cause of death.

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