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Moose Jaw Police Station

Police have released more detailed information about the body of a Swift Current woman that was found on  Athabasca Street West in Moose Jaw Saturday morning.

Officers say 29 year old Kanda Benaschak was the woman found near a downtown business, not inside a home as originally reported.

"Police received a call to assist EMS in regards to at that time what was considered to be cardiac arrest" said Sgt. Cliff Froehlich of the Moose Jaw Police Service. "Police taped off the area, conducted an extensive investigation into the immediate surroundings and police are continuing to investigate."

While they've ordered an autopsy has to determine the exact cause of death, police say exposure to the cold appears to have been a contributing factor.

"Until we speak with witnesses, find out where she had come from who she had been with," Sgt. Froehlich said. "At that time we will have more of a picture of what had happened."

"Basically we will do a time line for the past 24 hours to see what the activities of this person were. We will conduct several interviews... and try and come up with an answer."

Saturday morning was -25 degrees with the windchill just hours before Benaschak's body was found.

Chris Rasmussen interviews Sgt. Cliff Froehlich: