Body found floating in waters off Hualien

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/03/29
By: Lee Hsien-feng and Christie Chen

Taipei, March 29 (CNA) A woman’s body was found floating in waters off Shoufeng Township in Hualien County on Sunday, with authorities trying to identify the woman and determine the cause of her death.

People who were diving near the beach in Yanliao discovered the body around 3 p.m., and pulled the body ashore and called the police, according to the Eastern Coastal Patrol Office.

The dead woman, likely in her 50s, was wearing only a purple T-shirt and appeared to have been dead for no longer than 12 hours, Coast Guard officials said.     [FULL  STORY]