LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Authorities have identified a woman found dead alongside a road in rural Pulaski County.

The sheriff's office says 29-year-old Kimberly Espino Davis was found dead Saturday along Harper Road. Lt. Carl Minden says Davis' death is being investigated as a homicide, but he did not release her cause or manner of death.

Davis' death was ruled a homicide after the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory conducted an autopsy.

Authorities are asking anyone who may have had contact with Davis to call investigators.

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