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24 Hour News 8 web staff -

FRUITLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) -- Authorities say a body found buried in Muskegon County may be that of Bobbie Maples, a woman who has been missing since late 2014.

A tip lead police to the location where the body was buried, Roosevelt Park Police Chief David Boone told 24 Hour News 8. The body was found around 7:30 p.m. Friday on private property in Fruitland Township. He said investigators are not sure if the property owner had any involvement in the burial of the body.

Copyright by WOODTV - All rights reserved The area near where a body was found in Fruitland Township. (Jan. 23, 2016)

Copyright by WOODTV - All rights reserved The area near where a body was found in Fruitland Township. (Jan. 23, 2016)

A search warrant was obtained to search the private land, Boone said. The recovery and investigation continued into the morning on Saturday

According to the Help Find Bobbie Maples Facebook Page, Maples disappeared on December 15, 2014 while on her way to the hospital to visit her newborn daughter. Her daughter was born eleven days earlier.

Chief Boone said a suspect in Maples' disappearance is in custody on an unrelated matter. He added that this individual was an initial suspect in her disappearance, along with several other suspects.

Boone said it was possible that the body was that of the missing woman. He said an autopsy would be conducted on Monday to confirm the identity of the remains.

The Michigan State Police Crime Lab assisted in the investigation.

*Editor's Note: The original version of this story stated that the body was found Thursday night; however, police actually found the body on Friday night. The error has been corrected.

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