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Woman's body found by jogger near Great Saltair, death deemed suspicious

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MAGNA, Utah -- UPDATE: Officials with the Unified Police Department say the victim of the suspicious death is Akosita Kaufusi, 42, of Salt Lake.Officials with the Unified Police Department say the victim of the suspicious death is Akosita Kaufusi, 42, of Salt Lake.

Unified police confirmed Saturday that there's been a suspicious death near or at the Great Saltair.

UPD officials say a jogger reported finding a woman's body to police on Saturday.

The body was found next to the Great Saltair music venue. A witness told Fox 13 that he comes around here often and has never seen anything like this around here. He was shocked to see the police and a body bag.

Anyone who may know her is asked to call 801-743-7000.

When police arrived, they discovered the body had been there several days. Police say the woman had no identification on her.