By Charles E. Ramirez, MediaNews Group

Authorities are investigating the death of a person whose body was found on Wednesday in a Rochester school parking lot.

Rochester Police Chief George Rouhib on Thursday confirmed the discovery on the school’s property and that the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office was handling the investigation.

Sheriff’s officials said detectives are awaiting autopsy results and investigators believe the 63-year-old woman took her own life.

Rochester police and sheriff’s deputies were called to McGregor Elementary on 1st Street near Alice Avenue for “a situation in the parking lot,” officials said Wednesday in a post on the police department’s Facebook page.

Authorities said the school’s students and staff were safe. They also said students would be dismissed fro

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