According to Santa Barbara police, a woman was found dead near Santa Barbara beach on Wednesday, but there is no suspicion of foul play.
Officers and other emergency personnel were dispatched around 11:40 a.m. after a passerby found the body next to the train track near Milpas Street, Lieutenant Aaron Baker told Noozhawk.
“It seemed like she was already walking along the tracks,” Baker said of the woman, who was apparently in her mid-20s to mid-30s.
The woman’s name was not released pending positive identification and notification from family members, and the cause and circumstances of her death were pending, Baker said.
Detectives were called to the scene, Baker said, but added that “there is no reason to believe foul play is involved.”
The Coroner’s Bureau of Santa Barbara County has been sent to pick up the body and will investigate the death.
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