KELLOGG, Iowa  – The Iowa Department of Public Safety reports authorities are investigating the death of a person found in a Jasper County ditch, Wednesday evening. According to their report, at around 5:32-p.m., the Jasper County Communication Center received a report of a fire in the 8100 block of North 67th Avenue East in rural Kellogg.

Responding emergency personnel found an active fire in the roadside ditch. After extinguishing the fire, a deceased body was located.

At this time, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are treating the death as a homicide. The investigation is ongoing and additional information will be released when available.

Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to contact the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office at 641-792-5912.