Authorities have identified the badly decomposed human remains discovered last week near Mount Vernon, Missouri, between Joplin and Springfield.

 Following an autopsy, the remains have been identified as 40 year old Larry Rysted of Greenfield, Missouri. The body was discovered last week as field workers were picking up rocks. They found what appeared to be a body lying in a patch of overgrown brush and called 9-1-1.

The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office is now investigating the incident as a homicide.