Update: Missing elderly Jamaican woman found dead in Florida river

The body of Caroline Woolery-Walters, a Jamaican woman who went missing after she landed at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida last week Monday,  has been found. 

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Reports are that the 70-year-old was found in a river. 

According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO), Missing Person’s Unit said the elderly woman was “found deceased in a body of water”.

Reports are that shortly after 5:30 pm last week Thursday, the Broward County Regional Communications was informed about a body that was seen in the river near the 1500 block of Southwest Fourth Street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The body was later identified to be that of Woolery-Walters.

There were no further details from law enforcement authorities on whether foul play was suspected, or the possible circumstances which led to Woolery-Walters’ death.

According to reports from the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) Missing Persons Unit, Caroline Woolery-Walters was last seen near 300 Terminal Drive at Fort Lauderdale around 6:00 p.m.

She was traveling from Jamaica to visit relatives in Philadelphia.

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