A dead woman’s distinctive tattoos have been shared by police as they continue to try and identify her three months after her body washed ashore.
Detectives have launched a new appeal for information after the body was found at the water’s edge in Saltdean, Brighton, on December 20 last year.
A passerby had contacted the police after making the discovery at around 1.20pm and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
So far an extensive investigation has drawn a blank in identifying the woman.
The woman’s unique tattoos have now been shown to the public in the hope they may help to identify her.
The tattoos on her arms and legs include a bird and what appears to be the face of an animal.
Police believe that the woman is aged between 20 and 25, and around 5ft 4in with a slim to medium build.
She is not believed to have been in the water for longer than 24 hours and maritime authorities have suggested that she may have gone into the sea further west with the tide taking her down to Saltdean.
A Sussex Police statement read: "The body of a young woman washed up on the beach at Brighton has still to be identified nearly three months after its discovery.
"A member of the public raised the alarm shortly after 1.20pm on Tuesday, December 20, when he spotted the body lying at the water's edge at Saltdean. Extensive enquiries have been made to try to identify her, but so far these have been unsuccessful.
"Police have now released photos of a number of tattoos that she had on her arms and legs in a bid to name her."
Police said she was wearing sports clothes and Converse black boots.
The statement continued: "The woman is white, believed to be aged between 20 and 25, around 5' 4" and of slim to medium build. She was wearing a purple sports bra, dark mauve sports leggings and Converse black boots with the original white trim."
Anyone who recognises the tattoos or has any information about the woman is asked to report to Sussex Police online or by calling 101 quoting serial 598 of 20/12.
