Police are investigating after a juvenile in Knott County was found dead Tuesday evening in a possible animal attack.

Kentucky State Police Post 13 spokesperson Trooper Jody Sims tells Mountain Top News that that a juvenile was found dead in a wooded area on a hillside near a residence in the Emmalena community in Knott County. Sims says troopers and detectives are still gathering information at the scene of the incident off Montgomery Creek Road-Ky. Highway 1102.

Sims says the initial investigation indicates an animal, possibly a dog, may have been involved in the incident, but he says it remains unclear whether the juvenile, whose name has not yet been released, was attacked by an animal. Sims says the body of the juvenile will be sent to the state Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy, which will be performed on Wednesday.

Sims says more information will be released on the incident.