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Wash. police seek to ID woman's body found in suitcase

KENT, Wash. -- The King County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a woman's body was found in a suitcase at a park in Kent, Wash. They've released a composite sketch of the victim and are asking for the public's help in identifying her.

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Officials in Kent, Washington released this image of clothing worn by a woman found dead in a suitcase CBS affiliate KIRO

Detective Jason Houck said Tuesday that a man discovered a suitcase in a park near the Green River Bridge, south of Seattle, on May 27. Houck says the man opened the suitcase, found a body tucked inside and called police.

Houck says the King County medical examiner's office hasn't determined the cause of death.

He described it as "a full-on mystery." The victim did not have obvious injuries and is believed to have died during the first week of May.

The woman is believed to have been between 50 and 60 years old. CBS affiliate KIRO reports she was five feet, four inches tall and weighed about 106 pounds. She was reportedly wearing pajamas and an adult diaper.

Anyone with information is asked to call the King County sheriff's office.

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