Forensic officers are combing woodland for clues after a body was found near a leafy Trafford village.
A murder investigation was launched after the grim discovery was made on Ashley Mill Lane in Ashley, Cheshire - near the border with neighbouring Hale - early on Friday morning (December 13).
Detectives say the person has not yet been identified.
Cheshire Police confirmed that a 19-year-old man, from Knutsford, was arrested on Friday and was detained on suspicion of murder.
He was quizzed by detectives in custody.
In a statement, the force said: "At 7.52am on Friday, December 13, police received a report of a body found on Ashley Mill Lane in Ashley.
"Officers are working to establish the circumstances surrounding the death and the identification of the individual."
A police cordon remained in place near a farm on Saturday morning (December 14) while investigators worked at the scene.
Forensic officers combed through a large woodland area for clues.
Police dogs were also being used at the scene to search the area.
A section of the road off Ashley Mill Lane - which runs through an area of fields and thick woodland - remains closed off.
The Cheshire village sits below Hale and Bowdon in neighbouring Trafford.
No other details about the incident have been released yet by police.
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