A body pulled in by the nets of a fishing vessel Thursday, about 40 miles off the Massachusetts coast, was identified as a woman in her 60s who had cancer, officials said Monday. The body had been embalmed for what appeared to be a burial at sea, according to the state’s medical examiner’s office. There was no indication of foul play,

Authorities determined the wrapped body belonged to a woman in her 60s who had numerous cancerous tumors, the DA's office said. The post Body caught in fishing nets off Mass. coast appears to be woman buried at sea,

The dead body that fishermen caught off the Bay State coast was reportedly a woman who had cancer and was buried at sea, according to investigators. Massachusetts State Police assigned to Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden’s office,