The FBI’s Tampa Field Office is actively investigating the discovery of a woman’s body found floating off Egmont Key, Florida, in December 2022.
According to the FBI, the victim has been identified as Heather Rose Strickland.
Investigators say the United States Coast Guard received a call shortly before noon on Saturday, December 10, 2022, from a group of fishermen who discovered the body 13 miles off the coast of Pinellas County, Florida.
The body was found wrapped in bedding in a plastic trash bag, officials say.
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Heather Rose Strickland was last seen on December 5, 2022, leaving HCA Florida Largo Hospital at 201 14th Street Southwest in Largo, Florida.
Originally from the North Florida region, Strickland spent the previous five years in the Clearwater-St. Petersburg area.
The FBI is asking the public to assist with any information that helps law enforcement piece together the events that led to Strickland’s death.
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact the FBI’s Tampa Field Office at (813) 253-1000. You may also contact your local FBI office, or you can submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.
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