Officials has said that two Cleveland police officers drove past the body of a woman dumped beside a highway and did not stop, believing it was a deer carcass.

It was reported by a motorist that he has seen the body early on Monday morning on Interstate 90.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer said that Matthew Prince and David Muniz, who drove past at about 40 mph to 50 mph, decided it was a deer carcass and called the Ohio Department of Transportation for removal.

It was further reported that an ODOT employee called police about 90 minutes later, after two more drivers reported the body, to say that's what it was. The dead woman has been identified as Angel Bradley-Crockett, 28, who had been strangled.

Bradley-Crockett's boyfriend killed her and then used her mother's sport utility vehicle to dump the body, Investigators believe. Police were searching for him.

The officers expect to be disciplined for their failure, Steve Loomis, head of the Cleveland police union, said.

When the ODOT employee called the dispatcher he said it also looked like a deer to him on his first pass.

It was further informed by the reports that the body had been left in a fetal position with the naked back visible. (With Inputs from Agencies)