The FBI’s Tampa field office is investigating the discovery of a woman’s body found floating off Egmont Key.
The woman, found Dec. 10, was identified as Heather Rose Strickland, 34, of Pinellas County.
The U.S. Coast Guard received a call shortly before noon that day from a group of fishermen who discovered the body, wrapped in bedding and placed inside a plastic trash bag.
Egmont Key is north of Anna Maria Island in Manatee County and west-southwest of Fort De Soto Park in Pinellas.
The FBI is investigating because the body was found in federal waters.
Strickland was last seen Dec. 5 leaving HCA Florida Largo Hospital in Largo.
Originally from the North Florida region, she had spent the past five years in the Clearwater-St. Petersburg area.
The FBI is asking the public to assist with any information that helps law enforcement piece together the events that led to Strickland’s death.
A cause of death was not released as of Dec. 16.
The FBI asked people to contact them at 813-253-1000 or tips.fbi.gov.
— Lisa Neff