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Prosecutors Hope Tattoos Will ID Woman Found Dead In Southern N.J.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- The Atlantic County Prosecutor's office in southern New Jersey was asking the public Tuesday to help identify the remains of a woman found dead in Egg Harbor Township.

The woman's body was found dead Sunday in the woods behind the Shore Mall, the prosecutor's office said.

Prosecutors released two image of the woman's tattoos – one of them on the victim's right wrist and the other on the top of her right foot.

Prosecutors did not indicate any theory as to how the woman died or if foul play was believed to be involved.

Anyone who recognizes the tattoos was asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit at (609) 909-7666.

Foot Tattoo From Woman Found Dead In N.J.
A foot tattoo from a woman whose body was found in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. (Credit: Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office)

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