Gainesville police release name of woman found dead along utility access road

The woman's body was found along this public utility access road on Jan. 13, 2022. (photo by Gainesville Police Dept.)

Gainesville police have identified the woman whose body was found Thursday along a public utility access road as Kimberly A. Johnson, age 41, of Gainesville. They’re still investigating how she died.

Emergency personnel found Johnson on the access road off Dorsey Street on the south end of town. Dispatchers sent them there after someone phoned in a report of an unresponsive female in the area around 10 a.m. on January 13.

Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene.

The area in yellow pinpoints the area in which Kimberly Johnson’s body was found. (Gainesville PD)

An autopsy has been scheduled to determine when and how she died, the Gainesville Police Department says.

Police are asking anyone who may have seen anything suspicious or who has information about the case to please contact them at 770-534-5251.