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Body of woman found floating in St. Johns County

The body was found floating in the Intracoastal Waterway. Authorities are now trying to determine the person's identity.

The body of a woman was found floating in the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Johns County Monday morning, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office said a little before 8:30 a.m., deputies received a report of a body floating in the Intracoastal Waterway, in the area of the Riverview Club.

St. Johns County Fire Rescue retrieved the remains of a woman believed to be in her late teens or early 20s. She is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds. She has a tattoo of a rose on her upper right thigh, according to the sheriff's office.

The St. Johns County Major Crimes Detectives are now trying to identify the person, as well as how they ended up in the water.

Deputies say there aren't any recent reports of missing people or suspicious circumstances.

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