A Jefferson County man made a gruesome discovery Wednesday when he returned home from being out of town.

Jefferson County sheriff's deputies were dispatched just before 2 p.m. to a home in the 2000 block of Rock Mountain Lakes. The caller told lawmen he had arrived home after being out of town for several days and found someone he believed was asleep in his bedroom, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.

Once on the scene, deputies checked the home and found a woman dead on the man's bedroom floor. The body appeared to have been at the location for several days. The homeowner told deputies no one was supposed to be at the house, and he didn't know the woman.

Due to the decomposed state of the body, determination of her identity and cause of death is pending an autopsy and report from the Jefferson County Coroner's Office. Christian said the woman is a white, adult female.

The investigation is ongoing. Updates will be provided as they become available.

"I can't imagine coming home and finding someone unexpected and unknown dead in my home, but right now that's what we have,'' Christian said. "Hopefully as we learn more, it will make some sort of sense."