UPDATE: Woman found in Laurelhurst Park pond died of accidental drowning

Updated at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday: Police say they have removed the body of a woman, and no signs of foul play are evident. The medical examiner will make an identification and notify next of kin. Officers are leaving the scene and the park is returning to normal activity.

Portland police and the Portland medical examiner's office have launched a death investigation after a body was found floating in the pond Tuesday afternoon in Laurelhurst Park.

A passerby spotted the body and reported it to police around 3 p.m. It was submerged at the east end of the pond, just off Southeast Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard.

Portland fire fighters removed her clothed body from the shallow edge of the pond around 4 p.m.

The pond, normally a dulcet setting with ducks swimming and people relaxing nearby, drew a swarm of law enforcement officers in response to the report of a body.

So far, there is no indication of how long the body has been in the water or how it got there, police said.

Most of the park remains open to the public.

The woman's identity and cause of death are included in the updated news story posted Wednesday.

-- Betsy Hammond

betsyhammond@oregonian.com