Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Body Identified, Details to Come

Investigators are still determining the cause of death.

Hillsborough County sheriff's investigators say they have identified the body found this morning in Riverview, and it is a woman.

The sheriff's office said it does have an identification on the woman and it plans to release the name later tonight or early tomorrow.

The badly decomposed body was found near a Riverview business park. A 911 caller reported finding the body around 8 a.m. near Oak Creek Commerce Park at Eagle Palms and Pelican Creek drives.

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Investigators are calling the death suspicious.

Sheriff's investigators searched from the air and ground looking for clues. The body was laying off a dirt road by a pond at the complex used for fishing. Detectives combed through the fields nearby and are trying to determine when they were last mowed because that may be an indication of how long the body has been there.

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The body has been turned over to the Medical Examiner's Office to determine cause of death.

County Sheriff’s Office at 813-247-8200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477). Report anonymously online at www.crimestopperstb.com or text "CSTB plus your tip" to C-R-I-M-E-S (274637).

 

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