By Pam Sohn
psohn@timesfreepress.com
The identification of a woman’s body found floating Saturday afternoon in Harrison Bay near Island Cove Marina is not yet known, according to Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Janice Atkinson.
Ms. Atkinson said the body, found by a boater in the marina at about 12:30 p.m., was decomposed.
More information will be available Monday after an autopsy is performed by the Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s Office, she said.
“I’m sure they are treating it as suspicious until they do more investigation and find out what happened,” Ms. Atkinson said.
Pam Sohn has been reporting or editing Chattanooga news for 25 years. A Walden’s Ridge native, she began her journalism career with a 10-year stint at the Anniston (Ala.) Star. She came to the Chattanooga Times Free Press in 1999 after working at the Chattanooga Times for 14 years. She has been a city editor, Sunday editor, wire editor, projects team leader and assistant lifestyle editor. As a reporter, she also has covered the police, ...
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