EAST PROVIDENCE — In a brief press release issued Wednesday morning, Dec. 9, the East Providence Police Department confirmed the identity of the deceased female found on a beach in Riverside the previous day.

"At this time we are not releasing her name," EPPD Lieutenant Raymond Blinn wrote in the release. "The death is listed as suspicious due to the circumstances, but foul play is not suspected."

According to police, the body washed ashore sometime Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 8, on a beach near the start of Terrace Avenue closer to Larisa Park and the Looff Carousel.

The woman was described as being in her late 20s or early 30s. She was wearing casual clothing and said to be of larger body type. Police said she did not spend significant time in the water, meaning she is likely to have died on the shore.