Delray Beach

Police release reconstructed image of woman whose remains were found in suitcases

It appears the suitcases were placed in the water sometime between July 17 and July 20.

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Delray Beach Police released a reconstructed image Wednesday of what investigators believe the victim of a gruesome homicide may have looked like before she was killed, dismembered, and stuffed into three suitcases.

Police also released pictures of two of the three suitcases which were each found floating in different areas of the Intracoastal Waterway.

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Police say a woman was murdered and had her body dismembered and stuffed into suitcases that were found floating in Delray Beach.
Delray Beach Police

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.

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