Overview
- A boater spotted a body about two miles off Boca Raton’s shore, and the Boca Raton Police dive team recovered it with help from Boca Raton Fire Rescue, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Coast Guard.
- The Boca Raton Police Department identified the woman as 63-year-old Patricia Brennan of Fort Lauderdale.
- Local reporting notes Brennan had a prior criminal conviction in a 2014 case in which prosecutors said she fatally stabbed her mother.
- Authorities have not released a cause or manner of death and have not said whether foul play is suspected, with further forensic steps expected before officials provide more details.
- Police asked anyone with information to call Detective Lima at 561-620-6246 and said it is unclear whether Brennan had been reported missing before the recovery.