YANKTON, SD. (THECOUNT) — Missing South Dakota woman, Phyllis Hunhoff, has been located dead in a vehicle in a rural area of Yankton, on the Santee Sioux Reservation. Hunhoff had been reported missing on November 4th.

Yankton County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday that they received a tip on Wednesday, Nov 7th, from Knox County Nebraska Law enforcement, that a vehicle belonging to Hunhoff had been located.

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Upon arrival, officers discovered the body of 59-year-old Hunhoff inside the vehicle.

A cause of death was not provided and foul play is suspected in the death, according to authorities.

A multi-agency investigation is underway. source

Anyone with possible information on the death should contact police at 911.

Yankton is a city in, and the county seat of, Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 14,454 at the 2010 census, according to Wikipedia.