Body found on West Deptford riverbank

Gloucester County Police are trying to identify a woman found dead Sunday on a Delaware River bank near the RiverWinds recreation complex in West Deptford.

Children discovered her body lying facedown and partly covered with debris and reported it to New Jersey Transit Police. Police said the woman appeared to have been in the water for some time.

Officials described her as a Caucasian in her mid-60s who was 5-foot-8 and 197 pounds and who had brownish-blond hair. She was wearing Eddie Bauer jeans, a cotton knit sweater over a long-sleeve three-button blouse, and New Balance athletic shoes. Police said the woman also wore a Timex Ironman wristwatch and one ball-shaped clip-on earring. X-rays showed she had had surgery of the left leg, which had a plate and screws.

Anyone with information about a missing person of that description is asked to contact West Deptford investigator John Chambers at 856-625-7439 or 856-853-4599, Ext. 168; Gloucester County Detective Robert Hemphill at 856-384-5500; or State Police Sgt. Jack Donegan at 609-882-2000, Ext. 2554. - Jan Hefler