Officers are investigating after a woman's body was found in Northwest Jacksonville.
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said a passerby found the woman's body in the 8000 block of Railway Avenue on Thursday morning.
Officers said the woman appeared to be between 20 to 40 years old.
Woman found dead here near Harding Ave. Neighbors say crime in the area is out of control pic.twitter.com/nBH9OXfbNh
— Deanna Bettineschi (@DeannaWAVY) March 30, 2017
It was not obvious what the woman's cause of death was or how long her body had been there.
JSO said they are treating it as a homicide until further investigation by a medical examiner.
Jso says they'll be looking to see how she died because there was no visible signs on her body #anjaxbreaking pic.twitter.com/Y2WaDLCVCy
— Deanna Bettineschi (@DeannaWAVY) March 30, 2017
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