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DA: Woman tied to cinder block dumped in Chesco pond

The body was thrown into the pond, a popular fishing and swimming hole, "like a piece of trash," according to Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan.

The pants and jewelry belonging to a woman whose body was found dumped in an East Coventry Township pond over Memorial Day weekend.
The pants and jewelry belonging to a woman whose body was found dumped in an East Coventry Township pond over Memorial Day weekend.Read moreChester County District Attorney's Office

The body was thrown into the pond, a popular fishing and swimming hole, "like a piece of trash," according to Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan.

And when authorities pulled the body from the pond that is part of Pigeon Creek in East Coventry Township late Monday morning, they discovered the woman's body had been tied to a cinder block.

The woman remained unidentified Tuesday.

It was not clear how the woman died, Hogan said, but she was dead before the body was dumped into the pond. No water was found in the lungs, which ruled out drowning, and the body showed no signs of gunshot wounds, blunt-force trauma, or strangulation, prosecutors said.

Through interviews, investigators determined that children had been swimming in the pond Sunday afternoon, so the body must have been placed there afterward.

An unidentified person reported finding the body about 11:15 a.m.

"Sadly, somebody threw this woman away like a piece of trash," Hogan said in a statement. "Our first job is to identify the victim. Then we will find out how she died and who was involved."

The woman was black, about 25 to 35 years old, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and 130 pounds. She had short hair and was wearing long shorts, a short-sleeve shirt, bracelets on both wrists, and rings of a horse and anchor. She had a tattoo on her left shoulder.

Anyone with information should call Chester County Detective Sgt. Tom Goggin at 610-344-6866.

Staff writer Michaelle Bond contributed to this article.