Officials: Woman's body found tied to cinder block in pond
EAST COVENTRY TWP., Pa. -- Police are investigating after a woman's body was discovered tied to a cinder block in a popular swimming and fishing hole northwest of Philadelphia, reports CBS Philly.
Around 11:15 a.m. Monday, a passerby reported seeing a body in a pond in East Coventry Township, according to the station. Officials who responded didn't realize the body was tied to a cinder block until they tried to remove it.
Children had been swimming in the pond Sunday afternoon, so the body had been deposited sometime after that, the district attorney's office said.
Authorities are trying to identify the woman, and hope to determine how she died and who was involved, prosecutors said.
"Sadly, someone threw this woman away like a piece of trash," said District Attorney Tom Hogan, according to CBS Philly.
Authorities say the unidentified woman is an African-American female, approximately 25 to 35 years old and about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 130 pounds. She had short hair, as well as a tattoo on her left shoulder.
The victim was found wearing long shorts and a long-sleeved shirt and was not wearing shoes, according to the station. She was found wearing bracelets on both wrists and rings that were a horse and an anchor.
There was no water in her lungs, indicating that she didn't drown and "she was dead when she was placed in the water," the prosecutor's office said. However, the body showed no signs of gunshot wounds, blunt force trauma or strangulation, according to officials.
Anyone with information about this woman is urged to call Chester County Sergeant Tom Goggin at 610-344-6866.