The body of a woman found yesterday along Seymour Avenue off Hope Road has been identified as Judith Lee.

The woman who hailed from a Swallowfield Road address is said to be in her early 40s.

Reports reaching The Star are that residents discovered the body along the stretch of road about 5:50 a.m. yesterday and alerted the police. A policeman from the Matilda's Corner police told The Star that Lee's body was found half-naked with bruises and other visible signs of violence.

The Matilda's Corner police, who are investigating, said the cause of death is yet to be ascertained.

thrown from a vehicle

In a separate incident yesterday, a woman in her late 20s was reportedly thrown from a vehicle, naked, in the Mona community after allegedly being abducted. Her captors dumped her at the intersection of Garden Boulevard and Palmetto Avenue in the area.

Details reaching the newspaper are that the female was seen lying on the sidewalk with her head on a pair of pants before a resident gave her a sheet to cover herself. Unconfirmed reports state that she had been raped.

Attempts to get additional information from the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse, which is investigating, were unsuccessful. The St Andrew Central police have however, confirmed the incident.