Body found near Penn Treaty Park in Fishtown

FISHTOWN (WPVI) -- A body was found floating in the river at Penn Treaty Park in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Police say a passerby discovered the body around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday near the 1300 block of North Delaware Avenue.

The body was found floating six feet from shore, police say.

The unidentified person is described as a white woman between the ages of 30 to 40 years old.

Medics recovered the body and she was pronounced dead around 11:30 a.m.

No further details have been released.

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