The BC Coroners Service, assisted by the Vancouver Police Department's Missing Persons Unit, is seeking the public's help in identifying a woman's body that was recovered from the Burrard Inlet on Jan. 31, 2013.

She appears to be a Caucasian woman between 25 and 40 years of age. She has an olive complexion, dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is 155 centimetres (5'1") tall and weighs 51 kilograms (112 lbs). She has Asian characters tattooed on her right inner calf and left forearm, and a tattoo of lilies and a bumblebee on her right shoulder. She was wearing black leggings (size: small) and a pink sweater (size: extra small). An earring with a purple gemstone was found in her right ear.

Photos of the gemstone and tattoos can be found on the BC Coroners website at: http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/coroners/.

She is known to have died on the morning of Jan. 31.

The Vancouver Police Department has ruled out foul play.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Metro Region Coroner at 604 660-7731.

Contact:

Stephen Fonseca, Coroner
Manager, Identification & Disaster Response Unit
Office of the Chief Coroner
604 660-7753