A person whose body was found in a ravine Thursday morning in Ashland has been identified.
After a person reported they found a male body after 8:15 a.m. near Industrial Park Road, officers responded, located the body and then secured the scene, according to a Thursday news release.
The person discovered has been identified as Bradley J. Mattson, 43, of Ashland. The Ashland Police Department reported in a news release Friday morning that there were no apparent signs of injury to Mattson.
The Ashland Police Department contacted the State of Wisconsin Crime Lab for help with processing the scene and asked the Wisconsin State Patrol to digitally map the area. The Ashland County coroner is awaiting results of an autopsy and the incident continues to be investigated.
This story was updated at 10 a.m. April 3 to include the identification of the found body. It was originally posted at 3:33 p.m. April 2.
