Body found in search for missing Blaine, Minn. woman

A woman’s body was found Saturday afternoon in Blaine, Minn. by volunteers searching for a woman who had been missing from area since Jan. 5, according to the Blaine Police Department.

Volunteers with the search group United Legacy came upon the body near a wooded area near the 128 block of Jefferson Street around noon. Volunteers had been searching the area on snowmobiles for Lisa Marie, 54, who was last seen leaving her home on the 800 block of 129 Avenue NE on Jan. 5.

No information has been released on whether the body is that of Marie. The case is currently under investigation.