SACO — The partially decomposed body of an unidentified man was found in a field in Saco Friday morning.

On Friday, May 13 at 10:47 a.m. the Saco Police Department responded to Flag Pond Road after receiving a call from a property owner who told police he discovered a dead body in the wood line at the rear of his property while plowing fields, according to a statement from the Saco Police Department.

Saco Police Chief Bradley Paul described the dead person as a “white male” and said the body was “partially decomposed.”

Investigators contacted the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and following an investigation at the scene arranged for the removal of the body to Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy and identification, according to the press statement.

The Saco Police Department would not speculate on whether the decedent could be Christopher Noonan, 27, who was reported missing last November by his family. The residence from which Noonan was reported missing  is approximately half a mile from where the body was located, according to the statement.

Following the missing person report in November, the Saco Police Department conducted several searches of the area with the assistance of the Maine Warden Service, but were unsuccessful in locating Noonan, according to the statement.

An additional search scheduled for next week will be delayed pending a positive identification of the individual found Friday morning, according to the statement.