Woman's Body Found Floating Off Beach

An elderly woman’s body was found in the water off an Alameda beach this afternoon, East Bay Regional Park District officials said.

A visitor to Robert C. Crown Memorial Beach noticed the woman’s body floating in the water at about 12:30 p.m. and called police, according to the park district.

Alameda police and firefighters responded to the area of Shoreline Drive and Willow Street, pulled the woman’s body from the water and contacted the park district, which has jurisdiction over the beach, park district police Lt. Alan Love said.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. She was not carrying identification and it remains unclear how she ended up in the water, Love said.

Alameda County coroner’s deputies responded and took possession of the body, Love said.

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