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Police investigating woman’s body found on Burke Gilman Trail in Seattle

Oct 4, 2013, 10:02 AM | Updated: 11:43 am

Police say a woman’s body has been found along the Burke Gilman Trail in Seattle.

The body was found early Friday along a section of the trail near the Lake Washington Ship Canal.

“A passerby saw it and called 911,” says Seattle Police Detective Mark Jamieson.

Officers arrived and found a woman in her 20s with a gunshot wound.

“We have called out our detectives from the homicide unit and CSI and they are currently investigating,” says Jamieson.

Police believe the woman was not randomly targeted.

The Associated Press and KIRO Radio Editor Seth Keller contributed to this report.

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