Three suitcases with human remains found floating in the coastal area of southern Florida

Three suitcases with human remains were found floating near the shores of Delray Beach, in the on Florida, an incident that has now been under exhaustive investigation for 24 hours, police authorities reported.

Police said the three suitcases found last Friday in the area of the Intracoastal Waterway, near the 1000 block of Palm Trail, in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County.

Around 4:03 p.m., Delray Beach police said they received a 911 call alerting them to a suspicious object in the water on the Intracoastal Waterway.

When police officers arrived at the scene they found a suitcase with human remains inside, but shortly after there were much more alarming findings.

Two more suitcases also containing human remains were found near the first suitcase along the Intracoastal Waterway, at Southeast Seventh Avenue and Casuarina Road.

George Bush Boulevard, adjacent to the Intracoastal Waterway, was blocked by authorities. Investigators collected evidence at the scene with the county medical examiner. Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Coast Guard (USCG).

Although the investigation is in the preliminary phase, Delray Beach authorities announced that the remains appear to belong to an unidentified woman.

The investigation remains active both in the area of the discovery and at the Palm Beach Medical Examiner's Office, where the victim's remains were transferred.

Police asked the public that anyone with information possibly linked to this case contact the detective. Mike Liberta al (561) 243-7874.

It is the second case of human remains found in the Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Beach in just two months.

At the beginning of June, the West Palm Beach Police reported finding a floating body en la Intracoastal Waterway cerca de Lake Worth Beach.

The body belonged to a 22-year-old man, who was later identified as that of Jon Legiste, former football player for the University of South Florida (USF) team and graduate of Atlantic High School, in Delray Beach.

The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a 3,000-mile inland waterway along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, from Massachusetts to the southern tip of Florida. Some sections of the navigable corridor consist of natural inlets, saltwater streams and bays, while others are artificial channels, allowing boaters to complete a long route without the dangers of traveling in the open sea.