Three suitcases containing human remains were found floating in a waterway in Delray Beach Friday, police said.
Delray Beach Police said they received a 911 call of a suspicious item in the water along the Intracoastal Waterway near the 1000 block of Palm Trail.
When officers arrived, they said they found a suitcase with human remains hanging out of it.
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A short time later, two other suitcases were found also containing human remains at nearby locations along the Intracoastal Waterway at Southeast Seventh Avenue and Casuarina Road.
Police said the remains from all three suitcases were determined to belong to the same person, an unidentified woman. The victim's remains were taken to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy.
At a news conference Monday, Sgt. Casey Kelly said it appears the suitcases were placed in the water sometime between July 17 and July 20.
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Kelly didn't say how the woman was killed, but said it appeared to be an isolated incident.
Police described the victim as a white or Hispanic woman, between the ages of 35 and 55 with brown hair and approximately 5-foot-4. She may have had tattooed eyebrows and was wearing a floral tank top with a black undershirt and black mid-thigh shorts. Police provided a picture of the pattern on the floral shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 561-243-7874.
