State troopers are investigating the death of a local woman found along I-29 in St Joseph Saturday night.

Sgt Sheldon Lyon of the Missouri State Highway Patrol says Kecia King, 46, of St Joseph, was discovered badly injured Saturday night on the northbound side of I-29 just south of the Pickett Road overpass.

She died Sunday.

An autopsy is pending as the investigation continues.

Investigators are also hopeful someone might have seen something along the highway Saturday night, or saw the victim earlier that evening.

King is described as a black woman, five feet four inches tall, weighing 110 pounds. She was wearing a white coat and tan pants when she was discovered around 11:15 Saturday night.

If you have information that could help investigators, contact Sgt David Merrill at (816) 387-2345.