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Deputies seek help in identifying woman found near creek near Lancaster County line

Deputies are seeking help in identifying a woman whose body was found near a creek off Doby's Bridge Road near the Lancaster County line.

They  said water workers found the body.

Deputies describe the person as a woman in her mid-20s with dark skin complexion, but her ethnicity is undetermined. Authorities said she is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds with brown eyes.

The woman had pearl earrings in her ears and was wearing a gold necklace with a charm that reads "Happy.

She had several tattoos. On her right arm, she had the letter "Q" with the playing card image of a spade beneath. On her left wrist, she had an image of a heart. On her back right shoulder is a design of what appears to be a cursive "H," along with a crescent moon with a star that reads "Naveed Mahmood."

It is being investigated as a death investigation.

Anyone with information or knows the woman is asked to call the York County Sheriff's Office at 803-628-3056 or Crime Stopper of York County at 1-800-409-4321.