Police have released images of the tattoos of a young woman whose body was washed up on the south coast three months ago in a desperate attempt to help identify her.
The body, believed to be aged between 20 and 25 years old, was found washed up on a beach in East Sussex in late December by a member of the public.
The man raised the alarm after discovering the corpse at the water's edge one afternoon in Saltdean, a coastal village in Brighton and Hove, but police have so far been unable to identify the woman.
She is described by Sussex Police as being white, around 5ft 4ins tall and of a slim to medium build.
Four distinctive tattoos on the woman's arms and legs show an insect that looks to be a beetle, a cat's face, the silhouetted skyline of a city and a bird.
She was wearing a purple sports bra, dark mauve sports leggings and black Converse boots with the original white trim.
Maritime authorities predict that her body, found five days before Christmas, had not been in the water for much more than a day before it was found.
They added it was possible that her body entered the water farther down the coast to the west, and had been carried to where it was found in Saltdean with the tide.
A Sussex police spokesperson said: "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.
"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.
"It is not thought that she had been in the water for much more than 24 hours and enquiries with maritime authorities suggest that it is possible that she entered the water further west, with tidal action taking her to Saltdean."
Sussex Police are urging anyone who recognises the tattoos or has any other information about the woman to report to them by calling 101 or quoting serial 598 of 20/12.
