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Investigators seeking help identifying woman found dead near Portland Head Light

The woman was wearing brown AirWair boots, size 7. /Photo: Maine State Police


Maine State Police are asking for help identifying a woman whose body washed up near the Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth’s Fort Williams Park on Thursday.

The woman is described as a white female in her early 40s, about 5’3″ tall with brown hair and blue eyes.

She was wearing a medium-sized blue Fjallraven T-shirt, size 28 Frame dark-washed jeans, and brown AirWair boots, size 7.

She also had a yin-yang tattoo on her left hip surrounded by a blue tornado.

She also had a scar on her stomach from an appendectomy and a scar on the back of her head from a previous surgery, with a surgery patch still attached.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit South at (207) 624-7076.

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