Identified! WA - White Center, Female body in lake, Sep'12 - Victoria McMullen

A woman's body has been found in a small lake in White Center.

The sheriff's office says the body was found in Mallard Lake near the Coronado Springs apartment complex.

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Deputies do not have an identity or age of the victim. Police aren't sure how the woman died, but say it looks like she's been there a few days.

"We believe it's a female, possibly a black female," said West. "We have to treat it as a homicide at this point...What we'll do is investigate the scene, have the medical examiner come out and determine cause of death. Then we'll have a better idea of what happened."

"It could have been a drowning, it could be as simple as a heart attack or it could be a homicide," said West. "Again, we have to treat it as a homicide at this point."

Police said nobody has told them about anyone who has gone missing from the complex recently.

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