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Investigation underway after state police pull woman’s body from Charles River

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - An investigation is underway after state police recovered a woman’s body from the Charles River on Wednesday morning.

Members of the Massachusetts State Police Marine Unit found the body between the Mass. Ave. Bridge and the Community Boating docks on the Boston side of the river around 8 a.m. after receiving a report from a rower, according to state police.

State police are currently investigating the facts and circumstances of the person’s death as well as their identity.

They ask that anyone who knows of a missing African-American woman between the ages of 18 and 25, standing 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing about 120 pounds to please contact them at 617-727-8817.

The woman was also said to have a tattoo of the astrological Virgo sign tattooed on her left hip.

No additional information was immediately available.

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