Miami

Body of Woman Found in Biscayne Bay

Authorities are investigating after the body of a woman was found floating in Biscayne Bay Thursday morning.

A fisherman spotted the body in the water near the westbound lanes of the Julia Tuttle Causeway on the Miami side, Miami Fire Rescue officials said.

Miami Police said the woman was in her 40’s and was clothed in either a jump suit or a wetsuit. Initial reports said there was a gunshot wound, but police have not officially given a cause of death.

“This is an area where you have a lot of homeless people who live out here,” said Captain Ignatius Carroll. “So they are going to try and determine if it is somebody from the area here or did this body come from somewhere else.”

The body was taken to the medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.

UPDATE 10/17/14: The body was identified as Caridad Rodriguez, 41.

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