02/08/2013

Post-Mortem On UEA Lake Body 'Inconclusive'

Police in East Anglia have said that results from a post-mortem on the body of woman found floating in a university lake are "inconclusive".

An angler reported the body on Thursday morning, and the police have been unable to identify the victim.

All students, staff and visitors of the University of East Anglia (UEA) have been accounted for.

The investigation has also found that the woman is not connected to any current missing people cases in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, or Suffolk.

Further test will now be needed and the investigation continues.

(MH/JP)

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