Body of female found in Reno, unknown if connected to Denison

Reno police say a woman's body has been found in a field on the city's south side. They are treating the area as a crime scene but have declined to speculate whether the body is that of missing 19-year-old college student Brianna Denison.

Police spokesman Steve Frady says the body was found about noon in a brush-covered field near a light industrial area. About 45 law enforcement and crime lab personnel, including an FBI agent, are at the scene.

Frady says the time and cause of death would be determined by an autopsy. He says authorities have "no ID, not even a tentative ID."

Police say Denison was abducted Jan. 20 by a serial rapist linked by DNA to a string of attacks near the University of Nevada, Reno campus.