MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies investigated Sunday after a woman’s body was found in a canal in the county’s unincorporated Biscayne Gardens area.

An MDSO spokesperson said deputies received a 911 call just before 5:45 p.m. alerting them of the body found floating in the water near State Road 9 and Northwest 155th Lane, just outside of Miami Gardens and Opa-locka.

Medics pronounced the woman, who has not been publicly identified, dead, the agency spokesperson said.

According to MDSO, the agency’s homicide detectives are investigating.

Deputies haven’t said as of Sunday evening whether they suspected any foul play.

Miami-Dade deputies investigate after woman’s body found in canal off State Road 9

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