AMBURGEY, Ky. (WMDJ) — Kentucky State Police are investigating after human remains were discovered Monday morning in Knott County.

According to KSP, troopers, volunteer search and rescue personnel and K-9 handlers conducted a search in a wooded area along the 2000 block of Big Branch Road in the Amburgey community. During the search, human remains were located shortly before 10 a.m.

The Knott County Coroner’s Office responded to the scene and pronounced the individual deceased.

The remains were transported to the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort, where an autopsy will be performed and positive identification will be made.

The investigation remains ongoing.