Gold Coast: Fishermen find the dead body of a 39-year-old Paradise Point woman

A group of fishermen have been left horrified after discovering a dead woman’s body in a Gold Coast waterway. LATEST

A group of fishermen have been left horrified after discovering a dead woman’s body in a Gold Coast waterway.

A Queensland Police spokesperson said at around 7:30am on Sunday, a body was recovered approximately 1km north of the Gold Coast Seaway in the Broadwater.

The person has been identified as a 39-year-old woman from Paradise Point.

Gold Coast District Police Superintendent Rhys Wildman told the ABC on Monday morning: “Other fishermen who were out in the water observed a woman floating in the water face down.”

A body has been recovered from the Gold Coast Broadwater. Picture Mike Batterham

Water police immediately attended the scene.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and Queensland Police say a report is being prepared for the coroner.

Originally published as Gold Coast: Fishermen find the dead body of a 39-year-old Paradise Point woman