Walker finds body in West Yarmouth pond

By Emily A. Canal, Globe Correspondent

A walker discovered the body of an apparent drowning victim this morning in Sandy Pond in West Yarmouth, police said.

The walker found the body of a woman in her 60s at 6:30 a.m. and called 911. A police diver was able to reach the victim, who was floating in 10 feet of water.

"It appears that the person went out for a swim and suffered some sort of medical issue and didn't make it," said Lieutenant Frank Frederickson of the Yarmouth Police Department. "The death does not seem suspicious."

It appeared that the woman died sometime Sunday night. Police are trying to identify the woman.

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