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D.C. Police Identify Body Found in Water as Virginia Woman

District of Columbia police have identified a woman whose body was found in the waterway near Reagan National Airport.

Metropolitan Police Department said Tuesday that the body found Saturday is 61-year-old Maria Lydia Cruz of Alexandria, Virginia.

Police say Cruz's body was pulled from the water near Four Mile Run Stream and the Potomac River around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

A medical examiner will determine how Cruz died. The police department says its homicide unit is in charge of investigating the death.

No arrests have been made.

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